37% of households rent social housing (HLM), a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households without a car at 23% in Liévin. The median age here is 39.6, lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 30,063 residents in 13,020 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.
What stands out about the people of Liévin
Social housing
37% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 21% rent privately and 41% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Liévin had 31,580 residents at the 2012 census and 30,063 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 87% 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 −3%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
13% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Liévin 39.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Liévin. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 13%, a higher share than 87% 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 share of couples with children is 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Only 0.5% of homes are second homes in Liévin
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 four has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats: 25% of the total.
A median standard of living of €20,030 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €20,030 a year: lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 29.2% of the population.
More households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns: 23%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Liévin has 31%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Liévin, 4.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 72% 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.
Foreign nationals: 3.2%, below 62% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 72% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 83% of compared French towns: 37%
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
Single residents: 30%, above 77% of compared French towns. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Liévin ranks below 94% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 17%
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 the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Liévin, 28%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (28,703 to 31,466 people), the 17th 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 30.5 in Clichy-sous-Bois to 56.2 in Agde.
Of the 6 towns nearest Liévin, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Liévin | 39.6 | 19% | 0.5% | 4.1% |
| Angres 4,641 · 1.4 mi | 42 | 20% | 1.4% | 2.6% |
| Éleu-dit-Leauwette 2,805 · 1.7 mi | 42.3 | 20% | 0.3% | 4.4% |
| Lens 32,920 · 2.2 mi | 40.3 | 21% | 1.1% | 8.1% |
| Loos-en-Gohelle 6,799 · 2.2 mi | 41.6 | 19% | 0.2% | 1.6% |
| Grenay 6,644 · 2.2 mi | 36.5 | 14% | 0.1% | 1.6% |
| Bully-les-Mines 12,146 · 2.7 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 0.5% | 2% |
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 Liévin
What is the population of Liévin?
30,063 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (31,580).
How old are Liévin’s residents?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Liévin?
76, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Liévin?
INSEE counts 1,240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 960 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Liévin?
€20,030 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 29.2% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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