37% of households are couples with children, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
With flats at 1%, La Comté is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 17% here, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns. The town’s 380 households held 879 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 La Comté
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 5.2% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 55% of compared French towns: La Comté changed by +6% 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
The median Pas-de-Calais town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +13% and the next six −6%.
A median age of 43.5: La Comté is younger than 54% 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
■ La Comté 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in La Comté and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
5.2% of households are single parents, below 98% 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
The average household has 2.3 people. One-person households are rarer here than in 78% of compared French towns. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%.
La Comté ranks below 69% of compared French towns on households without a car: 7.5%
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
One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). For La Comté, the census puts empty homes at 4.8%. Fewer second homes than in 88% of compared French towns: 0.8%.
Median standard of living: €26,350 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.
Half of La Comté’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,350 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Above 68% of compared French towns: 36% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, La Comté has 11%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 13%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.6%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.1% of residents are foreign nationals in La Comté. For 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.
La Comté ranks above 81% of compared French towns on married residents: 48%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in La Comté
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in La Comté comes in at 17%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
14th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 879 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than La Comté
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Comté | 43.5 | 17% | 0.8% | 0.6% |
| Houdain 6,945 · 2.8 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Divion 6,766 · 3.1 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 0.7% | 1% |
| Bruay-la-Buissière 21,424 · 4.3 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 4.3 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Haillicourt 5,064 · 4.5 mi | 38.9 | 18% | 0.1% | 0.9% |
| Marles-les-Mines 5,411 · 5.2 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0% | 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 La Comté
What is the population of La Comté?
879 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (830).
How old are La Comté’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Comté?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Comté?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Comté?
€26,350 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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