Below 93% of compared French towns: 6.6% of homes are flats
Couples with children make up 32%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 3,481 residents in 1,530 households. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in four here (23%). Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 0.7%, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
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.
Since 2012, Lapugnoy has changed by +3%, slower than 57% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Lapugnoy is younger than 67% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lapugnoy 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of residents are 15 to 24. At 21%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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 58% of compared French towns, at 34%
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 typical household size is 2.3 people. About one in ten: that is how common single-parent households are in Lapugnoy (9.7%). In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%.
Households in social housing make up 10% in Lapugnoy, less than in 60% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.6% (under two years). The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. At 7%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Households without a car make up 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€23,770 a year is the median standard of living here
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 residents live in households above €23,770 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 74% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 15.0%.
Lapugnoy ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 27%
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
Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.9% of residents are immigrants in Lapugnoy
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 share of foreign nationals is 0.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 41% in Lapugnoy, less than in 66% of compared French towns
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Lapugnoy. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Lapugnoy ranks below 70% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Lapugnoy. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,450 to 3,512 people, the 9th youngest
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 Sainte-Geneviève (36.6), the youngest, and Bréhal (60.1), the oldest.
Older than Lapugnoy: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lapugnoy | 41.8 | 21% | 0.7% | 0.9% |
| Allouagne 2,823 · 1.5 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 0.3% | 0.6% |
| Marles-les-Mines 5,411 · 1.7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0% | 1% |
| Chocques 2,785 · 2.4 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 1.2% | 0.9% |
| Bruay-la-Buissière 21,424 · 2.4 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 2.7 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Auchel 10,051 · 2.9 mi | 40 | 20% | 0.5% | 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 Lapugnoy
What is the population of Lapugnoy?
3,481 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (3,379).
How old are Lapugnoy’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lapugnoy?
11, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lapugnoy?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lapugnoy?
€23,770 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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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