Jolimetz ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2.3%
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone here. Jolimetz has fewer households without a car than 94% of compared French towns, at 4.1%. Census day 2023: 856 residents and 370 households here. Households headed by a manual worker: 9.4% of the total.
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.
Jolimetz’s population moved −3% on 2012, less than in 81% 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, −1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nord town ±0%.
Jolimetz is older than 75% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Jolimetz 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 23% in Jolimetz. The town has more residents aged 15 to 24 than 53% of compared French towns, at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 89% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
The average household has 2.3 people. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. At 27%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
Only 5.1% of homes stand empty in Jolimetz
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. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 1%.
Standard of living at the median: €28,720 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 €28,720 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 26%
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 tops 59% of compared French towns: 34%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Jolimetz sits below 97% of compared French towns for immigrants (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.
The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 0.8%.
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 single residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 couples, 51% are married and 7.2% in a PACS (median compared French town: 43% and 6.1%); 8.4% are widowed. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
Nearly two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 856 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 Jolimetz
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jolimetz | 48.1 | 23% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Le Quesnoy 4,878 · 2.4 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Berlaimont 3,159 · 5.7 mi | 42.9 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.1% |
| Bavay 3,249 · 6.9 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Landrecies 3,407 · 7.2 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries 8,612 · 7.2 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.7% |
| Solesmes 4,142 · 8.6 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 1.2% |
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 Jolimetz
What is the population of Jolimetz?
856 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (883).
How old are Jolimetz’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Jolimetz?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Jolimetz?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Jolimetz?
€28,720 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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