In Embry, 59% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Embry has 28%. On the census count, 31% of households are couples with children. Higher than in 80% of compared French towns: 10% of homes stand empty. There were 110 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 241 residents.
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 Embry
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Embry, 20% of its 150 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Embry had 253 residents at the 2012 census and 241 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 20% of its homes
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
With households without a car at 5.6%, Embry is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Embry has changed by −5%, slower than 87% 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
The change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
A median age of 47.4: Embry is older than 71% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Embry 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 13%, Embry is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of one-person households than 58% of compared French towns: 37%
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
The median resident lives on €19,520 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €19,520 a year: lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
Below 90% of compared French towns: 4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails 83% of compared French towns: 8.9%. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% 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 87% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 2.1% 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.
In Embry, 27% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 61% 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
The census found that 42% of residents 15 and over are married in Embry. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Only 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Embry
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 (21%), Embry is above three fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 241 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
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.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Embry are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Embry | 47.4 | 28% | 20% | 2.5% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 8.8 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Desvres 4,829 · 13.5 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Samer 4,704 · 13.8 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1% | 0.6% |
| Étaples 10,710 · 14.3 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 7% | 1.3% |
| Verton 2,571 · 15.4 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Rang-du-Fliers 4,297 · 15.5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
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 Embry
What is the population of Embry?
241 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (253).
How old are Embry’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 71% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Embry?
31, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Embry?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Embry?
€19,520 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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