Gommegnies sits above 95% of compared French towns for couples with children (36%)
With households in social housing at 0.7%, Gommegnies is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. Lower than in three quarters of compared French towns: 28% of households are headed by a retired person. Census day 2023: 2,264 residents and 950 households in the town. Flats account for 2.5%.
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 Gommegnies
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 6.8% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 73% of compared French towns: Gommegnies changed by −1% since 2012
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Nord.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gommegnies 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.9, Gommegnies is younger than 59% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24: a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Gommegnies ranks below 93% of compared French towns on one-person households: 25%
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. 6.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households without a car than 74% of compared French towns, at 6.8%
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
Without a car: one household in 15, against 11% in the median compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 25% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.9% (under two years).
€28,200 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,200 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 72% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 10.0%.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 62% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Gommegnies, 12%. Across the comparison, 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).
Gommegnies sits below 91% of compared French towns for immigrants (2%)
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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 86% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Gommegnies comes in at 48%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
More graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 14%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,264 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Gommegnies
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gommegnies | 42.9 | 19% | 2.5% | 2% |
| Le Quesnoy 4,878 · 3.4 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Bavay 3,249 · 4.3 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Berlaimont 3,159 · 5.7 mi | 42.9 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.1% |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries 8,612 · 6.9 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.7% |
| Hautmont 14,152 · 8.9 mi | 37.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Feignies 6,703 · 9.4 mi | 40.3 | 19% | 0.7% | 9.5% |
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 Gommegnies
What is the population of Gommegnies?
2,264 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,283).
How old are Gommegnies’ residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gommegnies?
26, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gommegnies?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gommegnies?
€28,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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