Residents aged 65 and over make up 11% in Hantay, less than in 98% of compared French towns
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 2.8% of homes stand empty here. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,244 people lived in Hantay, in 460 households. Locally, 0.2% of homes are second homes.
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 Hantay
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Hantay has grown +8%, faster than 64% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +14%; from 2017 to 2023, −5%.
Younger than 84% of compared French towns: half of Hantay is under 39.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hantay 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In Hantay, one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Hantay ranks above 96% of compared French towns on couples with children: 37%
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
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are single parents in Hantay. Few places have so few one-person households: 19% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. A household here holds 2.6 people on average.
Households in social housing: 19%, a higher share than 76% of compared French towns
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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. Fewer households without a car than in 75% of compared French towns: 6.8%. Against that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €27,460 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 €27,460 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Here 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.1% in Hantay, less than in 91% of compared French towns
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.
The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 83. The usual figure: 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.
Married residents make up 46% in Hantay, more than in 74% 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
The census found that just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Hantay. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 35%, a higher share than 66% 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
Adults with no qualification: 20% of the total. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,244 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Hantay, 3 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hantay | 39.1 | 11% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
| Billy-Berclau 5,093 · 1.1 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 0.5% | 1.6% |
| Salomé 3,182 · 1.5 mi | 38.2 | 15% | 0.6% | 1.9% |
| Bauvin 5,249 · 1.9 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 0.5% | 1.7% |
| Sainghin-en-Weppes 5,638 · 2.2 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 0.5% | 2.1% |
| Provin 4,428 · 2.4 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 0.4% | 1.3% |
| Douvrin 5,867 · 2.7 mi | 38.1 | 17% | 0.5% | 1.7% |
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 Hantay
What is the population of Hantay?
1,244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (1,148).
How old are Hantay’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hantay?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hantay?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hantay?
€27,460 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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