More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 41%
Here 0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. In Febvin-Palfart, 2.3% of homes are flats. On households headed by a retired person, Febvin-Palfart sits lower than 80% of compared French towns: 26%. The town had 604 residents in 230 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Febvin-Palfart
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 8.9% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Febvin-Palfart’s residents are under 37.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+8% since 2012, a pace 63% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Pas-de-Calais town, the change came in two steps: +7% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Febvin-Palfart is younger than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Febvin-Palfart 37.4. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Febvin-Palfart.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 96% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.9% of households are single parents here. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. A household here holds 2.7 people on average.
A lower share of households without a car than 90% of compared French towns, at 4.7%
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
8.2% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. On the census count, 3% of homes are second homes.
Median living standard: €23,670 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 Febvin-Palfart’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,670 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (6.6%), Febvin-Palfart is below 71% of compared French towns. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.7% of residents are immigrants
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 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 0.2% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 65% 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
Put another way, about one in four: 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Febvin-Palfart ranks below 82% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Febvin-Palfart comes in at 21%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
No nearby town is as young as Febvin-Palfart
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Febvin-Palfart | 37.4 | 15% | 3% | 0.7% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 6.8 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Burbure 2,834 · 7.1 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.2% | 0.7% |
| Auchel 10,051 · 7.6 mi | 40 | 20% | 0.5% | 1% |
| Lillers 10,193 · 7.9 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 0.5% | 1.9% |
| Aire-sur-la-Lys 9,598 · 8.2 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 0.4% | 1% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 8.7 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
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 Febvin-Palfart
What is the population of Febvin-Palfart?
604 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (560).
How old are Febvin-Palfart’s residents?
The median age is 37.4, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Febvin-Palfart?
8, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Febvin-Palfart?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Febvin-Palfart?
€23,670 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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