Photo: Apphim · CC BY-SA 3.0In Drocourt, 34% of households are couples with children, more than in 91% of compared French towns
By its share of flats (6.9%), Drocourt is below 92% of compared French towns. Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 1,200 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 2,939 residents. For Drocourt, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 23%.
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 Drocourt
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−1% since 2012: slower than 75% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Drocourt is younger than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Drocourt 40.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Residents aged 65 and over come to 22% in Drocourt, about two in ten.
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%.
Drocourt: 13% of households are single parents, above 83% 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 30%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Drocourt sits above 69% of compared French towns for households without a car (15%)
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 28%. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. At 7.8%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €22,970 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 €22,970 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 82% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 17.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 78% of compared French towns: 5.8%
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 Drocourt, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. The wider picture: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Drocourt sits below 97% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.4%)
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.1%, below 93% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Drocourt, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 72% 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
Few places have as many married residents: 43% here, more than in 54% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 20% in Drocourt, less than in 85% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (26%), Drocourt is above 80% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,909 to 2,971 people: this is the 5th 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.
Avord is the youngest (32.5); Lalinde the oldest (58.7).
No nearby town is as old as Drocourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Drocourt | 40.9 | 22% | 0.2% | 1.4% |
| Rouvroy 8,552 · 1.1 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 0.5% | 2.2% |
| Billy-Montigny 7,937 · 1.7 mi | 36.8 | 15% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Hénin-Beaumont 25,688 · 1.9 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 0.6% | 4% |
| Montigny-en-Gohelle 9,743 · 2.5 mi | 38.1 | 20% | 0.1% | 4.4% |
| Fouquières-lès-Lens 6,087 · 2.5 mi | 39.2 | 20% | 0.4% | 3.6% |
| Méricourt 11,619 · 2.6 mi | 40.6 | 20% | 0.4% | 5.3% |
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 Drocourt
What is the population of Drocourt?
2,939 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (2,978).
How old are Drocourt’s residents?
The median age is 40.9, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Drocourt?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Drocourt?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Drocourt?
€22,970 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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