Photo: Floflo62 · CC BY-SA 4.03.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 94% of compared French towns
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 6.2% of homes are flats in Hersin-Coupigny. The town counted 6,082 residents and 2,560 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 17% of residents are 65 or over in the town. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 0.4%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns.
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.
Hersin-Coupigny changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 72% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Hersin-Coupigny is younger than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hersin-Coupigny 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are couples with children, more than in 83% 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
In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone; in Hersin-Coupigny, 31%. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over one in ten households are single parents in the town.
25% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 86% 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
Empty homes: 5.9%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. Against that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 14% in Hersin-Coupigny.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €21,910 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.
At €21,910 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 89% of compared French towns. 22.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns: 21%
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
For Hersin-Coupigny, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 31%. The wider picture: 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).
Only 0.8% of residents are immigrants in Hersin-Coupigny
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals here. That is lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 62% 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
For Hersin-Coupigny, the census puts single residents at 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Hersin-Coupigny sits below 85% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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
Here 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th youngest 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.
At the ends of the range sit Mondonville (35.5), the youngest, and Le Barcarès (63.7), the oldest.
Around Hersin-Coupigny, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hersin-Coupigny | 39.3 | 17% | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| Sains-en-Gohelle 5,948 · 1.4 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Barlin 7,331 · 1.7 mi | 41.1 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.6% |
| Nœux-les-Mines 11,590 · 1.9 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.6% | 1.6% |
| Bully-les-Mines 12,146 · 3.1 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 0.5% | 2% |
| Aix-Noulette 3,902 · 3.2 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Mazingarbe 8,217 · 3.4 mi | 35.8 | 14% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
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 Hersin-Coupigny
What is the population of Hersin-Coupigny?
6,082 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (6,118).
How old are Hersin-Coupigny’s residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hersin-Coupigny?
11, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hersin-Coupigny?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hersin-Coupigny?
€21,910 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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