Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%
42% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). In Heuringhem, 3.8% of homes stand empty. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 8.3%, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Heuringhem was home to 1,389 people in 570 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.
+5% since 2012: slower than 50% 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
Older than 65% of compared French towns: half of Heuringhem is over 46.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Heuringhem 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
A quarter of Heuringhem’s residents are 65 or older, against 20% in the median Pas-de-Calais town and 22% in the median compared French town; 21% are under 18.
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%.
One-person households make up 18% in Heuringhem, less than in 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
6.9% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 33%, more than in 87% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
Households without a car: 1.9%, a lower share than 99% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.4% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 34%. Lower than in 81% of compared French towns: 1% of homes are second homes. On average, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,470 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.
Living standards centre on €28,470 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Above 63% of compared French towns: 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 census found that 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in Heuringhem. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
0.3% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). As a yardstick, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
The share of married residents is 56%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Heuringhem, 10% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 94% 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 Heuringhem, 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,389 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Heuringhem sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Heuringhem | 46.2 | 25% | 1% | 0.9% |
| Blendecques 4,859 · 1.5 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Arques 9,431 · 2.7 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Wizernes 3,321 · 2.8 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Longuenesse 10,548 · 3.2 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Omer 14,382 · 4.1 mi | 36.7 | 17% | 2.4% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem 5,843 · 4.7 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1% | 2.7% |
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 Heuringhem
What is the population of Heuringhem?
1,389 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,325).
How old are Heuringhem’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Heuringhem?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Heuringhem?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Heuringhem?
€28,470 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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