Only 15% of households are headed by a retired person in Bailleulval
The median age in Bailleulval is 40.4, lower than in 77% of compared French towns. 237 residents in 97 households: that is Bailleulval at the 2023 Census. Here, 3.9% of households have no car. In Bailleulval, 31% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
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 Bailleulval
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bailleulval had 264 residents at the 2012 census and 237 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 97% of compared French towns grew faster than Bailleulval: −10%
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 −9% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 77% of compared French towns: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bailleulval 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Bailleulval has 10%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are single parents, more than in 99% 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
In Bailleulval, 29% of households are one person living alone, beside 35% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Households average 2.5 people.
Bailleulval ranks above 80% of compared French towns on empty homes: 10%
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 6.9% moved in during the last two years and 33% have stayed three decades or more. At 2%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €27,440 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.
At €27,440 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Bailleulval ranks above 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 25%
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, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Bailleulval, 16%. Elsewhere, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.3%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 0.4% in Bailleulval and 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.
Married residents: 40%, a lower share than 70% 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
With single residents at 28%, Bailleulval is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Bailleulval ranks above 78% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 39%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 15%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 237 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Bailleulval: 5 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailleulval | 40.4 | 18% | 2% | 1.3% |
| Dainville 5,683 · 6 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Achicourt 7,873 · 6.9 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.7% |
| Beaurains 5,559 · 7.4 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.4% | 2.4% |
| Arras 42,875 · 7.6 mi | 36.3 | 18% | 1.8% | 8.5% |
| Anzin-Saint-Aubin 2,833 · 8.1 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Sainte-Catherine 3,471 · 8.2 mi | 47 | 24% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
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 Bailleulval
What is the population of Bailleulval?
237 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (264).
How old are Bailleulval’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bailleulval?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bailleulval?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bailleulval?
€27,440 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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