40.7median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

A larger share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%

Here 1.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Guemps counted 1,067 residents and 420 households at the 2023 Census. Households without a car make up about one in 24 here (4.2%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.

+3%residents since 2012 15%aged 65 or older 0.5%immigrants 420households

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 · In brief

What stands out about the people of Guemps

38%of households are couples with children (France median 25%)

A town of families

38% of households are couples with children and 8.2% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓

Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.

Population

Guemps’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 55% 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.

Census 2012

1,031

residents

Census 2017

1,092

residents

Census 2023

1,067

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Guemps+3%

Pas-de-Calais median−1%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Guemps−2%

Pas-de-Calais median−1%

France median+2%

The years 2012 to 2017 brought +6%; 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.

Ages

Guemps ranks below 90% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 15%

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

GuempsPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Under 1518%

15 to 2413%

25 to 4425%

45 to 6429%

65 and over15%

of whom 80 and over2.8%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Guemps 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.

With a median age of 40.7, Guemps is younger than 75% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The census found that 13% of residents are 15 to 24 in the town.

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Guemps

Pas-de-Calais median

France median

WomenMen

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Households

One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 98% 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.

One person 22%Couple, no children 32%Couple with children 38%Single parent 8.2%Several people, not a family 0%

Against the Pas-de-Calais median and the France median

Guemps

Pas-de-Calais median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

GuempsPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

One-person households22%

Residents 65+ living alone21%

0%20%40%

One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 8.2% in Guemps. Households average 2.5 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.

Homes & cars

Only 6.4% of homes stand empty in Guemps

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

GuempsPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Main residences91%

Second homes2.3%

Empty6.4%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Guemps

Pas-de-Calais median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

GuempsPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

No car4.2%

One car34%

Two or more62%

0%35%70%

Households that moved in under two years ago: 4.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 21%. 2.3% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 53% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town.

Income

A median of €24,550 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.

Median standard of living

€24,550

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Pas-de-Calais €22,665 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

The median standard of living in Guemps is €24,550 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 87% of compared French towns: 24%

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

GuempsPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Retired24%

Managers and professionals4.9%

Intermediate occupations29%

Clerical and service workers19%

Manual workers21%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners0%

Farmers1.3%

Others not working1.1%

0%20%40%

Unemployment rate

10.9%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

500

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 4.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker. Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.5% of residents are immigrants

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

0.5% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

0.5% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

GuempsPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Immigrants0.5%

Foreign nationals0.5%

0%5%10%

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.

In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Guemps, 0.5%. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 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.

Couples

Single residents: 23%, a lower share than 73% 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

GuempsPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Married44%

In a civil partnership (PACS)11%

Living together, unmarried13%

Single23%

Divorced2.9%

Widowed5.8%

0%25%50%

Here, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.

Qualifications

23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 74% 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

GuempsPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)18%

Brevet4.9%

CAP or BEP (vocational)29%

Baccalauréat25%

Bac+213%

Bac+3 or bac+45.5%

Bac+5 or more4.9%

0%20%40%

18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.

Towns its size

4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,067 to 2,582

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.

Guemps 40.7

VillejustPrayssacLa Croix-en-Touraine

365064

Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.

Neighbors

Older than Guemps: 5 of the 6 towns nearby

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

MarckArdresAudruicqOye-PlageCoulogneCalaisGuemps

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Guemps	40.7	15%	2.3%	0.5%
Marck 10,467 · 3.4 mi	41.7	19%	1.6%	1.2%
Ardres 4,389 · 3.5 mi	45.2	22%	5.7%	1%
Audruicq 5,309 · 4.5 mi	43	23%	1.4%	0.9%
Oye-Plage 5,780 · 4.9 mi	42	22%	10%	1.2%
Coulogne 5,438 · 5.1 mi	47.1	25%	1.5%	1%
Calais 67,571 · 6 mi	39.7	19%	2.4%	4.1%

More about Guemps

Health, work, housing and schools

Health D⁻Deaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commute DJobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of living B⁺Home prices, rents, owning and renting Schools B⁻Collèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Guemps

What is the population of Guemps?

1,067 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,031).

How old are Guemps’ residents?

The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Guemps?

10, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Guemps?

INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Guemps?

€24,550 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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