Only 21% of households are one person living alone in Herrin
Empty homes: 2.3%, below 98% of compared French towns. 425 residents in 170 households: that is Herrin at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 3.4%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Herrin
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Herrin has grown +6%, faster than 56% 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 +5%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%.
A median age of 45.6: Herrin is older than 60% 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
■ Herrin 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 20%, Herrin is behind 64% of compared French towns on that count. About one in eight: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Herrin (12%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are couples with children, a share 92% 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
A household here holds 2.6 people on average. Herrin has more single-parent households than three quarters of compared French towns, at 12%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
5.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 84% 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 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%. Few places have as many second homes: 2.3% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €31,620 a year in standard of living
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 €31,620 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Herrin: 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 84% of compared French towns
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
27% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Herrin has 0.5%. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 84% 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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Herrin, 23%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 7.7% of adults out of school have no qualification in Herrin
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
With graduates of higher education at 47%, Herrin is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 425 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Herrin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herrin | 45.6 | 20% | 2.3% | 1.4% |
| Gondecourt 4,148 · 0.7 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.8% | 2.1% |
| Allennes-les-Marais 3,545 · 0.9 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Annœullin 10,847 · 2 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 0.4% | 3.3% |
| Wavrin 7,758 · 2 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 1% | 2.2% |
| Houplin-Ancoisne 3,326 · 2.2 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 3.1% |
| Seclin 13,261 · 2.9 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.4% |
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 Herrin
What is the population of Herrin?
425 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (400).
How old are Herrin’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 60% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Herrin?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Herrin?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Herrin?
€31,620 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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