Single-parent households: 5%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Eps has 4.8%. Locally, 3.4% of homes stand empty. Second homes are more common here than in 87% of compared French towns. There were 100 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 238 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 Eps
Fewer residents than in 2012
Eps had 257 residents at the 2012 census and 238 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Eps changed by −7% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 94% 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 median Pas-de-Calais town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −3% and the next six −5%.
Half of Eps is over 44.3, older than 52% 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
■ Eps 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Eps sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, below 93% 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 average household has 2.4 people. Few places have as many couples with children: 29% here, more than in 73% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
8% of households have no car, fewer than in 67% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Some 5.9% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 29% who have been there 30 years or more.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,920 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,920 a year: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 84% of compared French towns: 40%
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 figure for households headed by a manual worker is 20% in Eps and 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.8% of residents are immigrants in Eps
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.8% in Eps. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Eps, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 92% 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 figure for married residents is 49% in Eps and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Eps, less than in 72% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Eps, 22%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 238 to 2,582 people, the 16th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Eps
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eps | 44.3 | 23% | 9.4% | 0.8% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 5.3 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 7.6 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Auchel 10,051 · 8.5 mi | 40 | 20% | 0.5% | 1% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 8.7 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Divion 6,766 · 9.2 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 0.7% | 1% |
| Burbure 2,834 · 9.3 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.2% | 0.7% |
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 Eps
What is the population of Eps?
238 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (257).
How old are Eps’ residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eps?
11, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eps?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eps?
€25,920 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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