Couples with children: 46%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
17% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. On the census count, 0.8% of homes are flats. At 23%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 93% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 541 residents in Honnechy, living in 190 households.
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 Honnechy
A town of families
46% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Honnechy’s residents are under 37 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +1% change since 2012: slower than 65% 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
The median Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six −1%.
Half of Honnechy is under 37, younger than 91% 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
■ Honnechy 37. The median compared French town: 44.
13% of Honnechy’s residents are 65 or older, against 19% in the median Nord town and 22% in the median compared French town; 29% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 2.8 people on average. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Honnechy sits higher than 96% of compared French towns: 15%.
Empty homes make up 15% in Honnechy, more than in 95% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 5.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 18% have stayed 30 years or more. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Honnechy has 3.4%.
Median living standard: €20,650 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.
Living standards centre on €20,650 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 30% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.2%, a lower share than 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 83% of compared French towns: 37%
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
26% of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 92% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Honnechy has 25%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 541 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.
At the ends of the range sit Honnechy (37), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Honnechy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Honnechy | 37 | 13% | 3.4% | 0.2% |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis 6,764 · 4 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Caudry 13,833 · 4.6 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1% | 2.4% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 5.7 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Solesmes 4,142 · 8 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 1.2% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 8.6 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert 3,562 · 9.6 mi | 41.5 | 22% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
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 Honnechy
What is the population of Honnechy?
541 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (535).
How old are Honnechy’s residents?
The median age is 37, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Honnechy?
8, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Honnechy?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.2% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Honnechy?
€20,650 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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