In Leval, 1.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Leval, just over a fifth of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. This Nord town had 2,474 residents in 1,040 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 4.9% here. Half of the town’s residents are under 39.8, younger than in 80% 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.
Leval’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 63% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Nord.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 64% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Leval 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 79% of compared French towns: 31%
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 2.4 people on average. Fewer one-person households than in 63% of compared French towns: 33%. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 9.6%.
A lower share of second homes than 84% of compared French towns, at 0.9%
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
By its share of empty homes (5.6%), Leval is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Here, 14% of households have no car.
At the median, €21,610 a year to live on
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 Leval’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,610 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 91% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 19.0% of residents.
Leval sits above 96% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (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
Across Leval, a third of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 92% of compared French towns: 1.9% of residents are immigrants
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.2% of residents are foreign nationals here. To put it in context, 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.
Fewer married residents than 59% of compared French towns: 42%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Leval. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,474 to 2,582
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).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Leval
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Leval | 39.8 | 20% | 0.9% | 1.9% |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries 8,612 · 1.1 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.7% |
| Berlaimont 3,159 · 1.9 mi | 42.9 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.1% |
| Hautmont 14,152 · 5.5 mi | 37.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe 4,012 · 5.8 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Louvroil 6,294 · 7.4 mi | 35 | 17% | 0.6% | 20% |
| Bavay 3,249 · 7.8 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
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 Leval
What is the population of Leval?
2,474 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (2,433).
How old are Leval’s residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Leval?
10, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Leval?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Leval?
€21,610 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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