More couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across Carency, 4.3% of households have no car. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 819, in 310 households. The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 22%, against 9.4% 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 Carency
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 14% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 82% of compared French towns: Carency changed by +15% since 2012
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, +5% to 2017 and +9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 67% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Carency 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
For Carency, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%. Half of the town’s residents are over 44.3, older than in 52% of compared French towns.
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 smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 18%
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
On average, 2.6 people share a household. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 14%, more than in 91% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of flats than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.2%
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
Of all households, 4.6% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. On average, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Fewer empty homes than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 4.9%. Second homes make up 2.9%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €30,950 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 Carency’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,950 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 81% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Across the comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Carency has 0.6%. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 93% 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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
7.8% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 99% 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
46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 819 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Carency
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carency | 44.3 | 20% | 2.9% | 0.7% |
| Souchez 2,663 · 2 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Aix-Noulette 3,902 · 3.1 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Angres 4,641 · 3.1 mi | 42 | 20% | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| Liévin 30,063 · 4.5 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Vimy 4,270 · 4.7 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Bully-les-Mines 12,146 · 4.7 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 0.5% | 2% |
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 Carency
What is the population of Carency?
819 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (712).
How old are Carency’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carency?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carency?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carency?
€30,950 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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