Couples with children make up 37% in Provin, more than in 95% of compared French towns
The share of flats trails 84% of compared French towns: 11%. Provin had 4,428 residents in 1,810 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 0.4% of homes are second homes. On households in social housing, Provin sits higher than 72% of compared French towns: 18%.
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 Provin
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 8.1% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Provin’s residents are under 38.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Provin grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 55% 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 Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +1% and the next six +5%.
Half of Provin is under 38.8, younger than 85% 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
■ Provin 38.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Provin has 16%. At the same time, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, a higher share than in 77% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 88% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 8.1% in Provin. Average household size: 2.4 people. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
8.7% of households have no car, below 62% 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
Provin sits close to the norm on empty homes: 6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,880 a year in standard of living
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 median standard of living in Provin is €24,880 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 13.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
25% of households are headed by a retired person, below 82% 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 Provin, 21% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. 7.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.3% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Provin, 0.8%. 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.
Fewer single residents than 78% of compared French towns: 22%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 44% in Provin. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 63% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With graduates of higher education at 27%, Provin is behind three fifths of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 4,385 to 4,471 people: this is the 4th youngest
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 Labège (33), the youngest, and Valras-Plage (67), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Provin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Provin | 38.8 | 16% | 0.4% | 1.3% |
| Bauvin 5,249 · 0.6 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 0.5% | 1.7% |
| Annœullin 10,847 · 1.3 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 0.4% | 3.3% |
| Meurchin 3,691 · 1.5 mi | 41.7 | 17% | 0.7% | 1.4% |
| Billy-Berclau 5,093 · 2 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 0.5% | 1.6% |
| Allennes-les-Marais 3,545 · 2.4 mi | 43.1 | 18% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Carvin 17,909 · 2.6 mi | 39.4 | 18% | 0.3% | 3.3% |
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 Provin
What is the population of Provin?
4,428 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (4,183).
How old are Provin’s residents?
The median age is 38.8, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Provin?
8, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Provin?
INSEE counts 60 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Provin?
€24,880 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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