A larger share of couples with children than 94% of compared French towns: 36%
With second homes at 9.5%, Canlers is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. This Pas-de-Calais town had 168 residents in 71 households at the 2023 census. The share of flats stands at 3.6%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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.
What stands out about the people of Canlers
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Canlers had 176 residents at the 2012 census and 168 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Canlers changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 86% 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
In two steps, −10% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
Older than 80% of compared French towns: half of Canlers is over 49.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Canlers 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 7.1% of households are single parents
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
One-person households: 29%, below 83% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
Households without a car make up 9.9% in Canlers, less than in 54% 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
At 6%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 2.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%.
A typical living standard of €23,030 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,030 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Canlers ranks above 88% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 21%
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
14% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. At the same time, at 29%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Canlers ranks below 91% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.2%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 3% of residents are immigrants here. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. That is lower than in 82% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 55%
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 20%, Canlers is behind 93% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 81% of compared French towns: 14%
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
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 168 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Canlers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canlers | 49.3 | 18% | 9.5% | 3% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 8.8 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 11 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 13.6 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Auchel 10,051 · 14.5 mi | 40 | 20% | 0.5% | 1% |
| Burbure 2,834 · 14.7 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.2% | 0.7% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 15.2 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
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 Canlers
What is the population of Canlers?
168 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (176).
How old are Canlers’ residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Canlers?
8, with occasional dwellings: 9.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Canlers?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Canlers?
€23,030 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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