1.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 3.8% in Hem-Lenglet and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. At 6.4%, the share of second homes is higher than in 81% of compared French towns. The town’s 240 households held 565 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Hem-Lenglet, 30% of households are one person living alone.
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 Hem-Lenglet
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 80% of compared French towns grew faster than Hem-Lenglet: −3%
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
Older than 70% of compared French towns: half of Hem-Lenglet is over 47.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hem-Lenglet 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 89% of compared French towns: 34%
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 7.7% of households have no car
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
Some 7% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 25% who have been there 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. Empty homes account for 8.8%.
A typical living standard of €23,660 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.
Half of Hem-Lenglet’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,660 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 62% of compared French towns: 30%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Hem-Lenglet sits below 98% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.3%)
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.
0.4% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 69% of compared French towns: 23%
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 Hem-Lenglet comes in at 41%. On average, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 565 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Hem-Lenglet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hem-Lenglet | 47.2 | 23% | 6.4% | 1.3% |
| Monchecourt 2,516 · 3.7 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Bouchain 4,113 · 4.2 mi | 46 | 26% | 1% | 2.2% |
| Iwuy 3,403 · 4.5 mi | 38.2 | 18% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Escaudœuvres 3,171 · 4.9 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1% | 4% |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy 4,012 · 4.9 mi | 41.6 | 23% | 0.9% | 3.4% |
| Aniche 9,963 · 5.1 mi | 35.7 | 16% | 0.6% | 3.4% |
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 Hem-Lenglet
What is the population of Hem-Lenglet?
565 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (580).
How old are Hem-Lenglet’s residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hem-Lenglet?
18, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hem-Lenglet?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hem-Lenglet?
€23,660 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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