Flats: 1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In Hinges, 4.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Hinges was home to 2,485 people in 1,040 households. Across Hinges, 4.2% of households have no car.
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 Hinges
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +8% change since 2012: faster than 65% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +7%; 2017 to 2023, +1%.
A median age of 45.3: Hinges is older than 58% 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
■ Hinges 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 20% in Hinges.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 34%, a higher share than 89% 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
8% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). There are 2.4 people in the average household. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Second homes make up 0.8% in Hinges, less than in 87% 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
Some 5.3% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 26% who have been there 30 years or more. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Across Hinges, 5% of homes stand empty.
€29,590 a year: the median standard of living
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 €29,590 a year: higher than in 82% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 5.0% of the population.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 70% of compared French towns: 13%
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
In Hinges, 30% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 59% of compared French towns: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Hinges ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1%
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 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Hinges, the census puts foreign nationals at 0.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% 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
50% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Hinges, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 87% 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
Here 42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 2,485 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Hinges, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Hinges
What is the population of Hinges?
2,485 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (2,291).
How old are Hinges’ residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hinges?
9, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hinges?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hinges?
€29,590 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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