Frévent ranks below 97% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 3.1%
The share of households without a car is 30%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 3,259 residents and 1,430 households in Frévent. Roughly two in ten: 18% of households are couples with children. With a median age of 49, Frévent is older than 79% 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.
What stands out about the people of Frévent
Fewer residents than in 2012
Frévent had 3,702 residents at the 2012 census and 3,259 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Social housing
28% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 26% rent privately and 44% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 220 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−12% since 2012, a pace below 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, −9%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Frévent 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Frévent sits above 93% of compared French towns for single-parent households (14%)
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 typical household size is 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Here, 42% of households are one person living alone.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 13% of homes stand empty
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
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Frévent has 28%. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Flats account for 17%. 1.7% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 58% of compared French towns.
€18,410 a year: the median standard of living
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 €18,410 a year: lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 36.0% of residents.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 44% in Frévent. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1% of residents are immigrants in Frévent
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. Here, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals. Against that, 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.
Fewer married residents than 93% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 43% of adults out of school have no qualification here. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (3,230 to 3,290 people), the 13th 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.
Ages run from 36.5 in Lespinasse to 68.1 in Jard-sur-Mer.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Frévent
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Frévent | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 7.5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 8.2 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 8.5 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 12.9 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Divion 6,766 · 16.6 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 0.7% | 1% |
| Houdain 6,945 · 16.9 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
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 Frévent
What is the population of Frévent?
3,259 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (3,702).
How old are Frévent’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Frévent?
29, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Frévent?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Frévent?
€18,410 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 36.0% 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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