Ambleteuse: 41% of homes are second homes, above 96% of compared French towns
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of homes stand empty in Ambleteuse. In Ambleteuse, 27% of households are one person living alone. 16% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 76% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,033, in 860 households.
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.
What stands out about the people of Ambleteuse
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 610 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ambleteuse, 41% of its 1,500 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 79% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Ambleteuse: 22% of households rent social housing (HLM), above 82% 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
One household in eight has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%. Few places have as many households without a car: 13% here, more than in 61% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Ambleteuse’s population changed by +6% since 2012, more than in 54% 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 population moved −4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Half of Ambleteuse is over 47.1, older than 69% 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
■ Ambleteuse 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Ambleteuse has 24%. On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Ambleteuse ranks above 90% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 14%
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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 25% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €25,080 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,080 a year: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 66% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Ambleteuse has 30%. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 7.1% here, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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).
Below 92% of compared French towns: 2% 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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
A larger share of married residents than 86% of compared French towns: 49%
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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 81% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Ambleteuse comes in at 26%. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,033 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Ambleteuse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ambleteuse | 47.1 | 24% | 41% | 2% |
| Wimereux 6,256 · 2.4 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 41% | 1.7% |
| Wimille 3,866 · 3.8 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 4.7% | 1.2% |
| Marquise 5,217 · 4.1 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.7% | 1.8% |
| Rinxent 2,987 · 5.5 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 1.4% | 0.9% |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer 40,539 · 5.9 mi | 39.8 | 20% | 3.9% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Martin-Boulogne 10,888 · 6 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
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 Ambleteuse
What is the population of Ambleteuse?
2,033 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,922).
How old are Ambleteuse’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 69% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ambleteuse?
610, with occasional dwellings: 41% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ambleteuse?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 30 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ambleteuse?
€25,080 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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