Below 86% of compared French towns: 10% of homes are flats
Empty homes are more common here than in 79% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Avesnes-le-Comte was home to 1,840 people in 810 households. Put another way, about one in three: 37% of households are headed by a retired person. Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Avesnes-le-Comte has 17%.
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 Avesnes-le-Comte
Fewer residents than in 2012
Avesnes-le-Comte had 2,028 residents at the 2012 census and 1,840 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −9% since 2012 leaves Avesnes-le-Comte behind 96% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Pas-de-Calais. Here the change came as −6% to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Above 84% of compared French towns: 13% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Avesnes-le-Comte 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Avesnes-le-Comte is 42.6, lower than in 62% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (22%). To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 78% of compared French towns: 12%
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. The wider picture: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On one-person households, 35% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Second homes: 0.8%, a lower share than 88% 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
Some 7.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 27% who have been there 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Households in social housing: just over a tenth of the total.
Median standard of living: €22,210 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.
The median standard of living in Avesnes-le-Comte is €22,210 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 19% in Avesnes-le-Comte, more than in 78% 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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 11% in Avesnes-le-Comte and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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).
Avesnes-le-Comte sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.6%)
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 make up 0.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 79% 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
27% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Avesnes-le-Comte, 18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 91% 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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Avesnes-le-Comte. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,840 to 2,582 people), the 10th youngest
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.
Avesnes-le-Comte sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avesnes-le-Comte | 42.6 | 22% | 0.8% | 0.6% |
| Dainville 5,683 · 8.8 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Anzin-Saint-Aubin 2,833 · 9.8 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Sainte-Catherine 3,471 · 10.5 mi | 47 | 24% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Achicourt 7,873 · 10.5 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.7% |
| Arras 42,875 · 10.5 mi | 36.3 | 18% | 1.8% | 8.5% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 10.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 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 Avesnes-le-Comte
What is the population of Avesnes-le-Comte?
1,840 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (2,028).
How old are Avesnes-le-Comte’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Avesnes-le-Comte?
7, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Avesnes-le-Comte?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Avesnes-le-Comte?
€22,210 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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