1.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 99% of compared French towns
By its share of couples with children (32%), Locon is above 82% of compared French towns. Across Locon, 5.3% of homes are flats. The median age here is 50, higher than in 83% of compared French towns. The town had 2,324 residents in 1,000 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Locon behind 63% 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
Here the change came as +8% to 2017, then −6% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
More residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Locon 50. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Locon has 9.5%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Locon, 4.6%. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
3.8% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 90% 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
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Locon comes in at 6%. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. 7.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 31% have stayed 30 years or more.
A typical living standard of €29,980 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 €29,980 a year: higher than in 84% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 7.0% of residents.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 12%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 8.9% of the total. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1%, a lower share than 99% 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.
0.5% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). 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.
Locon: 59% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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
Here 16% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Locon ranks above 63% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 34%
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
No nearby town is as old as Locon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Locon | 50 | 26% | 1.7% | 1% |
| La Couture 2,590 · 1.8 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 0.4% | 0.9% |
| Béthune 25,224 · 3.1 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Annezin 5,825 · 3.1 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 0.5% | 1.5% |
| Beuvry 9,189 · 3.1 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Lestrem 5,009 · 3.3 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 0.9% | 1.4% |
| Richebourg 2,687 · 3.6 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 0.7% | 1.1% |
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 Locon
What is the population of Locon?
2,324 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (2,288).
How old are Locon’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Locon?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Locon?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Locon?
€29,980 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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