A larger share of households in social housing than 87% of compared French towns: 26%
Two in five households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Achicourt had 7,873 residents in 3,690 households at the 2023 census. Locally, 16% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are common here: 12%, more than in 63% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 74% of compared French towns grew faster than Achicourt: −1%
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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 79% of compared French towns: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Achicourt 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Achicourt comes in at 24%. The median age here is 44.7, higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 13% in Achicourt, more than in 86% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
With couples with children at 21%, Achicourt is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of second homes than 87% of compared French towns, at 0.8%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 22%. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5.7%, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. One household in six has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
The median resident lives on €24,710 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €24,710 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 64% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 17.0% of residents.
Households headed by a retired person make up 36% in Achicourt, more than in 67% 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 13% of the total. 12% of Achicourt’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 36% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 56% 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.
That is lower than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. 5.7% of residents are immigrants, or about one in 18.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Achicourt, 39% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 76% 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, 28% of residents 15 and over are single in Achicourt. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Achicourt sits above 54% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (31%)
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Achicourt (19%). For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 7,765 to 7,981 people: this is the 16th 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.
Corte is the youngest (28.3); Lège-Cap-Ferret the oldest (57.7).
Of the 6 towns nearest Achicourt, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Achicourt | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.7% |
| Beaurains 5,559 · 1 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.4% | 2.4% |
| Arras 42,875 · 1.2 mi | 36.3 | 18% | 1.8% | 8.5% |
| Dainville 5,683 · 1.9 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Nicolas 4,494 · 2.4 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 0.6% | 5.1% |
| Sainte-Catherine 3,471 · 2.5 mi | 47 | 24% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Laurent-Blangy 6,459 · 2.5 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 0.6% | 3.1% |
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 Achicourt
What is the population of Achicourt?
7,873 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (7,954).
How old are Achicourt’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Achicourt?
32, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Achicourt?
INSEE counts 450 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 380 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Achicourt?
€24,710 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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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