Fewer households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
Households headed by a manual worker: 28% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 2.2%. 16% of households have no car, a higher share than in 73% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 619 people lived in Inchy, in 300 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 Inchy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Inchy had 726 residents at the 2012 census and 619 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 45 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Inchy’s population moved −15% on 2012, less than in 99% 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 +2%; from 2017 to 2023, −16%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nord town ±0%.
Inchy is older than 73% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Inchy 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 62% of compared French towns: 10%. Residents aged 65 and over: 26% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Inchy ranks above 71% of compared French towns on one-person households: 40%
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
Average household size: 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Inchy has fewer couples with children than 61% of compared French towns, at 23%. Nothing unusual on single-parent households: 9.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
13% of homes stand empty, more than in 91% 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 six, where the median compared French town has 11%. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 8.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 37% have stayed 30 years or more.
Median living standard: €22,700 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 Inchy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,700 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 87% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Inchy has 34%. As a yardstick, 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).
In Inchy, 2.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 1.4% in Inchy and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 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.
A lower share of married residents than 65% of compared French towns, at 41%
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 figure for single residents is 27% in Inchy and 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 16%, a lower share than 96% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Inchy. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 619 to 2,582 people, 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Inchy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Inchy | 47.7 | 26% | 2.8% | 2.7% |
| Caudry 13,833 · 2.2 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1% | 2.4% |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis 6,764 · 3.8 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Solesmes 4,142 · 4.6 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 1.2% |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert 3,562 · 6.2 mi | 41.5 | 22% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 9.4 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Haspres 2,626 · 9.8 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
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 Inchy
What is the population of Inchy?
619 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (726).
How old are Inchy’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Inchy?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Inchy?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Inchy?
€22,700 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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