Linzeux sits above 98% of compared French towns for couples with children (38%)
By its share of flats (1.3%), Linzeux is below 99% of compared French towns. This Pas-de-Calais town has fewer households without a car than four fifths of compared French towns, at 6.1%. In 2023, the Census found 174 residents in the town, living in 67 households. Second homes account for 5.2%.
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 Linzeux
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Linzeux changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 60% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −10%; 2017 to 2023, +14%.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Linzeux 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 79% of compared French towns: 12%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of Linzeux’s residents are over 45.9, older than in 63% of compared French towns.
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%.
Only 23% of households are one person living alone in Linzeux
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
Households here average 2.6 people each. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
9.1% of homes stand empty, more than in 73% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 33%. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€23,800 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.
Living standards centre on €23,800 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 23% of households are headed by a manual worker
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, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Linzeux, 7.7%. 38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 79% of compared French towns. Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.3% of residents are immigrants in Linzeux
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.
1.2% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 82% 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
Married residents come to 42% in Linzeux, about four in ten. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Linzeux ranks below 95% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 16%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Linzeux. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
19th highest median age among 41 French towns of 174 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Linzeux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linzeux | 45.9 | 19% | 5.2% | 2.3% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 5.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 6.4 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 7.6 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 8.6 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 14.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 15.7 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
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 Linzeux
What is the population of Linzeux?
174 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (170).
How old are Linzeux’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Linzeux?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Linzeux?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Linzeux?
€23,800 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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