1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Hermies, just over a fifth of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Flats make up about one in 17 here (5.9%). Fewer households in social housing than in 92% of compared French towns: 3.4%. The town had 1,062 residents in 500 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Hermies
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hermies had 1,179 residents at the 2012 census and 1,062 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Hermies changed by −10% from 2012 to 2023, behind 97% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%. The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, −10%.
Older than 74% of compared French towns: half of Hermies is over 47.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hermies 47.9. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 25%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Hermies ranks above 95% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 15%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Hermies has 37%. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The census found that 23% of households are couples with children locally.
A larger share of empty homes than 74% of compared French towns: 9.2%
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
Without a car: one household in five, against 11% in the median compared French town. 1.4% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 34%.
A median of €23,960 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.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
Half of Hermies’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,960 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 86% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Across Hermies, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 1% of Hermies’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 41% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 97% of compared French towns: 1.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
With foreign nationals at 0.9%, Hermies is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
39% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 75% 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
26% of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 92% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Hermies, 31%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,062 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Hermies, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hermies | 47.9 | 25% | 1.4% | 1.5% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 7.5 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Proville 3,206 · 8.1 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
| Bapaume 3,779 · 8.3 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy 4,012 · 9.5 mi | 41.6 | 23% | 0.9% | 3.4% |
| Cambrai 31,134 · 9.8 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| Escaudœuvres 3,171 · 11.5 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1% | 4% |
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 Hermies
What is the population of Hermies?
1,062 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,179).
How old are Hermies’ residents?
The median age is 47.9, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hermies?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hermies?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hermies?
€23,960 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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