43% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
With empty homes at 3.6%, Gavrelle is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count. This Pas-de-Calais town had 768 residents in 320 households at the 2023 census. Across Gavrelle, 4.4% of households have no car. 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 83% 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 Gavrelle
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 4.8% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Gavrelle’s residents are under 36.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Gavrelle had 588 residents at the 2012 census and 768 in 2023, up 31%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+31% since 2012, a pace 97% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +22%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
A median age of 36.1: Gavrelle is younger than 94% 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
■ Gavrelle 36.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Gavrelle, 11%. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 4.8%, a lower share than 99% 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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Gavrelle has fewer one-person households than 93% of compared French towns, at 25%.
A smaller share of flats than 80% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in Gavrelle. For comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 1.5%.
A typical living standard of €28,580 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.
At €28,580 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Gavrelle sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (17%)
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Gavrelle comes in at 11%. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Gavrelle, 0.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Gavrelle. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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 Gavrelle, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 76% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Gavrelle, 46%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
More graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Gavrelle. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 768 to 2,582 people
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 Gavrelle (36.1), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Gavrelle
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gavrelle | 36.1 | 11% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Biache-Saint-Vaast 4,568 · 2.7 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Vitry-en-Artois 4,849 · 4.1 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Laurent-Blangy 6,459 · 4.3 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 0.6% | 3.1% |
| Vimy 4,270 · 4.6 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 0.5% | 1.1% |
| Drocourt 2,939 · 4.8 mi | 40.9 | 22% | 0.2% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Nicolas 4,494 · 4.9 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 0.6% | 5.1% |
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 Gavrelle
What is the population of Gavrelle?
768 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% more than in 2012 (588).
How old are Gavrelle’s residents?
The median age is 36.1, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gavrelle?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gavrelle?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gavrelle?
€28,580 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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