38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
In Hermaville, 1.8% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. For Hermaville, the census puts flats at 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 529 people lived in the town, in 220 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.
What stands out about the people of Hermaville
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 4.6% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Hermaville changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 75% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Pas-de-Calais town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
A median age of 46.4: Hermaville is older than 66% 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
■ Hermaville 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.2% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Residents aged 65 and over: 22% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 18%, 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
Single-parent households: 4.6%, below 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people.
1.3% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns
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
Of all households, 4.6% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Hermaville sits close to the norm on empty homes: 6.3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €29,120 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,120 a year: higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 12%, a lower share than 65% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person tops just over three fifths of compared French towns: 34%. The census found that nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Hermaville. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.3% in Hermaville, less than in 98% 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 98% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 96% 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
With married residents at 49%, Hermaville is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 86% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 41% in Hermaville and 30% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Hermaville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermaville | 46.4 | 22% | 1.3% | 1.3% |
| Dainville 5,683 · 6.9 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Anzin-Saint-Aubin 2,833 · 7.1 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Sainte-Catherine 3,471 · 7.9 mi | 47 | 24% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
| Arras 42,875 · 8.4 mi | 36.3 | 18% | 1.8% | 8.5% |
| Souchez 2,663 · 8.5 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Achicourt 7,873 · 8.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.7% |
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 Hermaville
What is the population of Hermaville?
529 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (535).
How old are Hermaville’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hermaville?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hermaville?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hermaville?
€29,120 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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