19% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Loffre has 3.2%. Census figures put flats at 1.5% here. The median age here is 49.8, higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 712, 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 Loffre
Fewer residents than in 2012
Loffre had 750 residents at the 2012 census and 712 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Loffre has changed by −5%, slower than 88% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 7.6% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Loffre 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
26% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 5% in Loffre, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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 third of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Households here average 2.4 people each. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 3.7% of homes stand empty
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
Turnover: 3.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 39% have lived in their home 30 years or more. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At 1.8%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €29,100 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.
At €29,100 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 37% 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
About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Loffre (15%). On households headed by a manager or professional, 10% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 82% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%. The census found that 3% of residents are immigrants in Loffre. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Loffre, 57% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Loffre has 15%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 9.8% in Loffre, less than in 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
In Loffre, 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 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 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 712 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Loffre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Loffre | 49.8 | 26% | 1.8% | 3% |
| Montigny-en-Ostrevent 4,495 · 1.1 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 0.2% | 4.3% |
| Guesnain 4,635 · 1.1 mi | 42.9 | 24% | 0.1% | 4.4% |
| Masny 3,999 · 1.6 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 0.3% | 4.7% |
| Dechy 5,338 · 1.9 mi | 40 | 21% | 0.3% | 5.4% |
| Lallaing 6,287 · 2.1 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 0.2% | 3.5% |
| Pecquencourt 6,092 · 2.3 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.4% | 4.8% |
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 Loffre
What is the population of Loffre?
712 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (750).
How old are Loffre’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Loffre?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Loffre?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Loffre?
€29,100 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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