Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns: 2.7%
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Bapaume. Compared with other places, households without a car are common here: 21%, more than in 86% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 3,779 residents in 1,460 households. Across Bapaume, 15% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Bapaume
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bapaume had 4,009 residents at the 2012 census and 3,779 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bapaume changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 90% 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
Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then −3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
Younger than 56% of compared French towns: half of Bapaume is under 43.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bapaume 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
44% of households are one person living alone, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 people each. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Bapaume has fewer couples with children than just over three quarters of compared French towns, at 20%.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 17%. Households in social housing are more common here than in 84% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. One household in five has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
The median resident lives on €21,160 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.
The median standard of living in Bapaume is €21,160 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 25.0% of residents.
Bapaume ranks above 96% 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
36% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 77% of compared French towns, at 3.5%
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 median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. In Bapaume, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 27%
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
In Bapaume, 38% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 98% 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
29% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,742 to 3,815 people), the 13th 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.
The youngest is Chauconin-Neufmontiers (34.4), the oldest Brantôme en Périgord (53.9).
Around Bapaume, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bapaume
What is the population of Bapaume?
3,779 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (4,009).
How old are Bapaume’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bapaume?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bapaume?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bapaume?
€21,160 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% 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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