Flats: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for empty homes is 2.4% in Guisy and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 275 residents in 120 households. 3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 31. On residents aged 15 to 24, Guisy sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 8.7%.
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.
Guisy changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 78% 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 −4% and the next six +2%.
Older than 76% of compared French towns: half of Guisy is over 48.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Guisy 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Guisy
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
Single-parent households make up 4%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 33%, more than in 86% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
Guisy sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (0.8%)
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. Higher than in 85% of compared French towns: 7.8% of homes are second homes. Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,210 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.
Living standards centre on €26,210 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4% in Guisy, less than in 93% 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
40% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Guisy has more households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns, at 20%. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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 0.4% in Guisy. 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.
Guisy ranks below 97% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Guisy comes in at 45%. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 75% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no qualification
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 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Guisy comes in at 25%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 275 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Guisy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Guisy | 48.4 | 23% | 7.8% | 0.7% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 1.8 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 11.8 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 14.6 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 14.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Verton 2,571 · 15.7 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Rang-du-Fliers 4,297 · 16.5 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
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 Guisy
What is the population of Guisy?
275 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (281).
How old are Guisy’s residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guisy?
11, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guisy?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guisy?
€26,210 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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