3.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Hardinghen has 5%. Households in social housing: 3.2% of the total. Higher than in 79% of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker. At the 2023 Census Hardinghen was home to 1,270 people in 490 households.
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.
Since 2012, Hardinghen has grown +9%, faster than 67% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
Hardinghen ranks below 88% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.5%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hardinghen 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24%, above 62% of compared French towns. Still, the median age in Hardinghen is 41.7, lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 93% of compared French towns: 25%
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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. More couples with children than in 87% of compared French towns: 33%.
Above 66% of compared French towns: 3.4% of homes are second homes
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
9.1% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Across Hardinghen, 6.9% of homes stand empty.
A typical living standard of €25,730 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 Hardinghen’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,730 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 60% of compared French towns: 34%
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Hardinghen comes in at 7.9%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.8% of residents are immigrants in Hardinghen
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 0.7% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 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
In Hardinghen, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 63% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Across Hardinghen, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,270 to 2,582 people), the 7th youngest
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.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Hardinghen
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Hardinghen
What is the population of Hardinghen?
1,270 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,163).
How old are Hardinghen’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hardinghen?
18, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hardinghen?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hardinghen?
€25,730 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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