33% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 94% of compared French towns
Half of Raismes’s residents are under 39.3, younger than in 83% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 12,199 residents here, living in 5,310 households. Locally, nearly a quarter of households have no car. Here 14% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 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 Raismes
Social housing
33% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 19% rent privately and 45% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Raismes had 12,906 residents at the 2012 census and 12,199 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012, a pace below 89% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
18% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 75% 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
■ Raismes 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Raismes. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 38%, a higher share than 61% 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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
Second homes: 0.3%, a lower share than 99% 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
Flats make up 20%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In Raismes, 8.9% of homes stand empty. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Standard of living at the median: €20,000 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €20,000 a year: lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 30.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 95% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Raismes. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (32%). In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 5%, a lower share than 63% of compared French towns
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 63% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
37% of residents 15 and over are married, below 83% 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, 29% of residents 15 and over are single in Raismes. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Raismes sits below 97% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (15%)
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (30%), Raismes is above 92% of compared French towns.
Ranked by age, 6th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 33.7 in Saint-Pierre-du-Perray to 61.1 in Saint-Cyprien.
Raismes is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raismes | 39.3 | 18% | 0.3% | 5% |
| Beuvrages 6,796 · 1 mi | 37.8 | 17% | 0.5% | 9% |
| Anzin 13,183 · 1.5 mi | 37.2 | 15% | 1.3% | 8.8% |
| Petite-Forêt 5,054 · 1.5 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 0.7% | 4.5% |
| Bruay-sur-l'Escaut 11,644 · 2.2 mi | 37.4 | 16% | 0.4% | 5.9% |
| Valenciennes 43,468 · 2.7 mi | 36.4 | 17% | 3% | 11% |
| La Sentinelle 3,103 · 2.9 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1.9% | 5.6% |
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 Raismes
What is the population of Raismes?
12,199 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (12,906).
How old are Raismes’ residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Raismes?
17, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Raismes?
INSEE counts 610 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 470 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Raismes?
€20,000 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 30.0% 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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