Each edition grades its towns against each other only.
3,371 people call this town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France home.
Hulluch grades low on several counts. The weak point is health (D−): after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 27% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, Hulluch earns a D, which places it #98 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. On that grade it does better than 7% of compared French towns. The local economy is weaker than most: 0.2 jobs per working resident; 12.9% unemployment. Homes sell for a median €1,891/m²: 70 m² comes to 6.2 years of the median income per consumption unit in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. Its strongest is walkability — 86% of residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Elsewhere it is close to typical: C+ for safety and B− for schools.
Figures: amenities, INSEE BPE 2025 · commuting and employment, INSEE census 2023 · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025) · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · recorded crime, SSMSI (Ministry of the Interior) · brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The 3 things Hulluch does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Hulluch with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades French towns →
The Culture ministry lists no building in Hulluch as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Ancien site minier de la fosse 11-19 de la Compagnie des Mines de Lens, in Loos-en-Gohelle, 3.3 mi away.
1.5% of its homes were built before 1919, against 7.4% in the median compared French town.
Explore the history →Other places to visit, family days out and heritage in and near Hulluch. Best known first.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Hulluch.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
341 deaths in Hulluch between 2016 and 2025, where France’s rates at each age predict 250: 36% above. Life expectancy at birth in Pas-de-Calais is 83.5 years for women and 77.5 for men (2025), against 85.9 and 80.3 across France. One GP practises here.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · Allowing for care homes is a TownRatings estimate, not a published statistic.
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Behind the median of €1,891/m²: 82 houses and apartments sold in Hulluch between July 2023 and June 2026. House rents are put at about €9.55/m² a month. Advertised rents are estimated at €11.34/m² a month, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (€11.26/m²) and lower than compared French towns (€12.41/m²).
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,891/m² | 82 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Median disposable income comes to €24,150 a year per consumption unit. Unemployment stood at 12.9%, about level with Pas-de-Calais’ towns (13.3%) and above compared French towns (10.1%). No commute at all: 2.3% of working residents in Hulluch at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Among adults, 25% have a degree. Children under 15 make up 19%, close to Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and above compared French towns (17%). The share aged 15 to 24 is 12%.
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Hulluch | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 12% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 24% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 27% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 18% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 24% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 30% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 16% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 25% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Family violence topped the graded crimes in Hulluch (2025). On average over 2023–2025, every 1,000 residents saw 9.2 violent offenses and 13.6 graded property crimes a year.
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When sexual violence, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (4.7% of the index here).
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 78% passed the bac pro, of 326 candidates at 2 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Hulluch, 88.7% passed the bac, below Pas-de-Calais’ towns (90.7%) and compared French towns (92.9%) alike. The closest collège is 1.9 mi off.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège Antoine de Saint-ExupéryNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 113 | 88%+6 pts |
| Lycée VoltaireNearest lycéeGeneral lycée | General lycée | 308 | 98%+2 pts |
| Collège René CassinBest against expectations: 7 points above the expected rateCollège | Collège | 67 | 87%+7 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Nothing in Hulluch is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
One notable person was born in Hulluch.
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
| Town | People | Miles | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hulluch | 3,371 | — | D | C | C+ | D− |
| Haisnes | 4,396 | 1.4 | C+ | C+ | A− | D− |
| Douvrin | 5,867 | 1.7 | C+ | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Wingles | 8,720 | 1.8 | D− | C | C− | D− |
| Auchy-les-Mines | 4,625 | 2.1 | C− | C+ | C+ | D− |
| Vendin-le-Vieil | 8,536 | 2.4 | D | C | C− | D |
| Loos-en-Gohelle | 6,799 | 2.4 | D− | C+ | C− | D |
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
It grades C+ for safety, #46 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais. In 2025 police and gendarmerie recorded 12 burglaries and 13 acts of criminal damage.
They grade B−, better than 46% of compared French towns and #87 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. The lycée stands out: 98% of 308 candidates passed the bac at Lycée Voltaire in 2025, 2 points above the expected rate given its pupils’ backgrounds. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,891/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Hulluch grades C for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Hulluch is a commune of 3,371 people in the Communauté d'agglomération de Lens - Liévin. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.