17% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in three here (33%). Census day 2023: 172 residents and 71 households in Hesmond. One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 20% locally.
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 Hesmond
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Hesmond, 17% of its 92 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 85% of compared French towns: 5.4%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 4.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 38%. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, 6.4% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 84% of compared French towns: Hesmond changed by −4% since 2012
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
In two steps, −8% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
Hesmond is older than 59% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hesmond 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Here, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 90% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
The average household has 2.4 people. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children in Hesmond.
A median of €24,510 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.
The median standard of living in Hesmond is €24,510 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 33% in Hesmond, more than in 55% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 76% of compared French towns, at 8.3%
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 higher than in 62% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 12: that is how common immigrants are in Hesmond (8.3%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 23% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 43% of the total. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Hesmond sits above 77% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (25%)
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Hesmond, 24%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 172 to 2,582
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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Hesmond, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hesmond | 45.3 | 23% | 17% | 8.3% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 6.9 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Verton 2,571 · 13.8 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Étaples 10,710 · 14.1 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 7% | 1.3% |
| Rang-du-Fliers 4,297 · 14.2 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
| Cucq 5,129 · 15 mi | 56.1 | 35% | 59% | 1.7% |
| Merlimont 3,342 · 15.1 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 67% | 2% |
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 Hesmond
What is the population of Hesmond?
172 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (179).
How old are Hesmond’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hesmond?
15, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hesmond?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hesmond?
€24,510 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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