Younger than 82% of compared French towns: half of Carvin is under 39.4
13% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Census day 2023: 17,909 residents and 7,540 households in Carvin. For Carvin, the census puts households in social housing at 25%. Few places have so few second homes: 0.3% here, fewer 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.
Carvin’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 53% 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, ±0% to 2017 and +5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
Carvin ranks below 76% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Carvin 39.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 10%, below 62% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Carvin, 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 75% 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
The share of one-person households is 31%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
16% of households have no car, a share 74% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of flats trails 73% of compared French towns: 17%. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Turnover: one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
The median resident lives on €22,510 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 Carvin is €22,510 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 21.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
30% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 8%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.3% in Carvin, less than in 79% of compared French towns
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 nearly four fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. About one in 50: that is how common foreign nationals are in Carvin (2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 41% in Carvin, less than in 60% 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
On the census count, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Carvin: 26% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 80% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Carvin. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 17,313 to 18,538
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 33.2 in Moissy-Cramayel to 59.7 in Sanary-sur-Mer.
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Carvin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carvin | 39.4 | 18% | 0.3% | 3.3% |
| Libercourt 7,973 · 2.2 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 0.4% | 8.2% |
| Courrières 10,176 · 2.4 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 0.1% | 3.5% |
| Oignies 10,323 · 2.5 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 0.5% | 6.5% |
| Provin 4,428 · 2.6 mi | 38.8 | 16% | 0.4% | 1.3% |
| Annœullin 10,847 · 2.9 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 0.4% | 3.3% |
| Meurchin 3,691 · 2.9 mi | 41.7 | 17% | 0.7% | 1.4% |
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 Carvin
What is the population of Carvin?
17,909 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (17,198).
How old are Carvin’s residents?
The median age is 39.4, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carvin?
25, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carvin?
INSEE counts 600 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 360 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carvin?
€22,510 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 21.0% 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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