50% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 197 residents in Rainsars, living in 81 households. Census figures put single-parent households at 19% in the town. Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Rainsars has 10%.
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 Rainsars
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rainsars had 207 residents at the 2012 census and 197 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 87% of compared French towns: Rainsars changed by −5% since 2012
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
Residents aged 65 and over make up 28% in Rainsars, more than in 79% 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
■ Rainsars 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Rainsars is 47.8, higher than in 74% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. For Rainsars, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 25% of households are one person living alone
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
Couples with children: 31%, above just over four fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Rainsars ranks below 70% of compared French towns on households without a car: 7.5%
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
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Rainsars has 1.1%. On average, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 3.7% moved in during the last two years and 42% have stayed three decades or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
At the median, €24,330 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 Rainsars’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,330 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 6.2% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 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 smaller share of immigrants than 77% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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 77% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 28 here (3.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 52% in Rainsars, more than in 95% 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
The share of single residents trails 80% of compared French towns: 22%. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 64% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Rainsars has 21%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (197 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Rainsars
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rainsars | 47.8 | 28% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
| Sains-du-Nord 2,755 · 1.7 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Wignehies 2,804 · 4 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Fourmies 11,449 · 4.6 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 0.9% | 2.6% |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe 4,012 · 4.6 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Trélon 2,604 · 5 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 2.1% | 5.9% |
| Anor 3,099 · 7.5 mi | 41.3 | 21% | 3% | 6.6% |
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 Rainsars
What is the population of Rainsars?
197 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (207).
How old are Rainsars’ residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rainsars?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rainsars?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rainsars?
€24,330 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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