Fressain ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.9%
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 44% in Fressain. Census day 2023: 919 residents and 390 households here. On the census count, 29% of households are one person living alone. At 9.2%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nord median and the France median are the median of compared communes (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
What stands out about the people of Fressain
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 3.8% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 50% of compared French towns
Residents at INSEE’s last three censuses, each recast in the 2026 commune boundaries. France has no yearly estimate by commune between censuses.
2012 to 2023
2017 to 2023
Here the change came as ±0% to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Half of Fressain is under 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fressain 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Fressain, 21%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are couples with children, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
A household is everyone who shares a main home (résidence principale). Household types come from INSEE’s fuller sample of a quarter of census forms.
Against the Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Fressain has 3.8%. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
Fewer households without a car than 59% of compared French towns: 9.2%
Every home the census counted: main residences, second homes and occasional dwellings (INSEE counts them together), and empty homes. Owning and renting are on Cost of living.
All homes · share of homes
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Of all households, 6.6% moved in during the last two years and 31% have stayed three decades or more. The usual figure: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.3%.
Median living standard: €27,010 a year
The standard of living (niveau de vie) is a household’s disposable income after taxes and benefits, divided by its consumption units (UC) to allow for its size and make-up: 1 for the first adult, 0.5 for each other person 14 or older, 0.3 for each child under 14.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,010 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
Households by the socio-professional group (PCS) of their reference person, INSEE’s own categories. Jobs and commuting are on the Work & commute page.
Households by reference person’s group · share of households
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Fressain. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.7%
INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.
Share of residents · census 2023
Immigrant (immigré)
Born abroad, not French at birth. Someone stays an immigrant after becoming French. A French citizen born abroad (for example in Algeria before 1962) is not one.
Foreign national (étranger)
Not a French citizen today, wherever born. A child born in France to foreign parents can be a foreign national without being an immigrant.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Fressain comes in at 0.2%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns
Residents 15 and over by how they live: the census asks both the legal status and whether people live as a couple.
Residents 15 and over · share
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns
Highest diploma of residents 15 and over who have left education, in French terms: the levels don’t map one-to-one to UK or U.S. ones.
Highest diploma · 15 and over, out of education
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (919 to 2,582 people), the 12th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Fressain sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fressain | 43.3 | 21% | 0% | 0.7% |
| Monchecourt 2,516 · 1.7 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Auberchicourt 4,626 · 3.5 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Arleux 3,125 · 3.7 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 12% | 1.4% |
| Masny 3,999 · 3.7 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 0.3% | 4.7% |
| Aniche 9,963 · 4 mi | 35.7 | 16% | 0.6% | 3.4% |
| Guesnain 4,635 · 4.7 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 0.1% | 4.4% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Census 2023. INSEE’s census is a rolling survey: a fifth of small communes each year, 8% of homes in large ones each year. “2023” pools the surveys of 2021 to 2025, so the figures describe the town around 2023, not on one day.
- Medians of compared communes. The comparisons are the median of the département’s compared communes and of France’s (those with an overall grade), each figure its own median: not the total for the département or for France, which large cities pull towards their own figures.
- Immigrants and foreign nationals. INSEE’s two measures: an immigrant was born abroad without French nationality; a foreign national isn’t French today. Neither is a count of people born abroad, which INSEE doesn’t publish by commune.
- Second homes. Homes used for holidays or weekends, with occasional dwellings (kept for work, for example), which INSEE counts together. Their owners are counted where they live, not here.
- Standard of living. INSEE’s Filosofi: disposable income per consumption unit, from tax and benefit files, 2023. The poverty rate is the share of residents below 60% of France’s median. Not published for the smallest communes.
- What France doesn’t ask. The French census asks nothing about ethnicity, religion, language or health, so this page has no such section.
Questions about who lives in Fressain
What is the population of Fressain?
919 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (876).
How old are Fressain’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fressain?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fressain?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fressain?
€27,010 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). Source: INSEE, Filosofi.
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, ages, households, homes, marital status, diplomas, immigrants, foreign nationals, employment), 2026 geography · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (standard of living, poverty) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · Medians and percentiles: TownRatings, over compared French towns, updated November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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