Photo: Jérémy Jännick · Public domain6.8% of homes are flats, below 93% of compared French towns
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone in Annay. The 2023 Census counted 4,571 residents in 1,860 households. For Annay, the census puts second homes at 0.4%. 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 78% 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.
Since 2012, Annay has grown +8%, faster than 63% 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 change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and +5% from 2017 to 2023.
Annay is younger than 73% of compared French towns: a median age of 41
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Annay 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Annay (19%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 85% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Households here average 2.5 people each. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households in social housing than 60% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
A quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.8% moved in within the last two years. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Lower than in 58% of compared French towns: 6.1% of homes stand empty. There is little gap on households without a car: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,530 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.
Living standards centre on €23,530 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 16.0% of residents.
7.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 66% 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
Just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Annay sits below 95% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.6%)
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.1%, below 93% of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 62% of compared French towns: 24% of residents 15 and over are single
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. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Annay ranks below 77% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 23%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Annay. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
9th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 4,524 to 4,618
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Crespin is the youngest (37.1); Leucate the oldest (63).
Of the 6 towns nearest Annay, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Annay | 41 | 19% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| Pont-à-Vendin 3,062 · 0.9 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 0.8% | 1.7% |
| Vendin-le-Vieil 8,536 · 1.1 mi | 39.3 | 16% | 0.2% | 2% |
| Harnes 12,247 · 1.3 mi | 40.2 | 20% | 0.2% | 4.3% |
| Loison-sous-Lens 5,169 · 1.8 mi | 40.6 | 20% | 0.3% | 3% |
| Meurchin 3,691 · 2.3 mi | 41.7 | 17% | 0.7% | 1.4% |
| Wingles 8,720 · 2.5 mi | 37.6 | 17% | 0.3% | 2.6% |
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 Annay
What is the population of Annay?
4,571 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (4,237).
How old are Annay’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Annay?
8, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Annay?
INSEE counts 75 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Annay?
€23,530 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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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