Photo: PIERRE ANDRE LECLERCQ · CC BY-SA 4.0Flats: 4.7%, a lower share than 96% of compared French towns
Half of Proville’s residents are over 49.7, older than in 82% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 3,206 residents and 1,470 households locally. In Proville, 4.2% of homes stand empty. With households headed by a retired person at 37%, Proville is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count.
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.
Since 2012, Proville has changed by −1%, slower than 74% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Nord town ±0%. The change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, a higher share than 80% 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
■ Proville 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
9.2% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of one-person households than 69% of compared French towns, at 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 11%, more than in 64% of compared French towns. Couples with children: 24% here and 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 0.5% of homes are second homes in Proville
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 33%. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. At 8.4%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 64% of compared French towns. One household in 12 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,610 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 €26,610 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Some 11.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 17% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Proville (9.6%). Against that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 85% of compared French towns, at 2.7%
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 1.3% in Proville and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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.
In Proville, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 85% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Proville. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 61% 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 a third of Proville’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 17% have no diploma (19%).
Among 41 French towns of 3,184 to 3,228 people, the 13th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Ormoy (32.2), the youngest, and Saint-Quay-Portrieux (63.2), the oldest.
Proville is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proville | 49.7 | 28% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
| Cambrai 31,134 · 1.7 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy 4,012 · 1.9 mi | 41.6 | 23% | 0.9% | 3.4% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 3.4 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Escaudœuvres 3,171 · 3.4 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1% | 4% |
| Iwuy 3,403 · 7.2 mi | 38.2 | 18% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert 3,562 · 8.1 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 Proville
What is the population of Proville?
3,206 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (3,237).
How old are Proville’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Proville?
7, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Proville?
INSEE counts 85 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Proville?
€26,610 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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