Photo: K!roman · CC BY-SA 3.0Half of Mazingarbe is under 35.8, younger than 95% of compared French towns
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Mazingarbe has 29%. At the 2023 Census, 8,217 people lived in the town, in 3,330 households. About one in seven: that is how common flats are in Mazingarbe (15%). Fewer second homes than in 99% of compared French towns: 0.3%.
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 Mazingarbe
A young town
Half of Mazingarbe’s residents are under 35.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Social housing
36% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 25% rent privately and 38% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mazingarbe grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 62% 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 those years, the median Pas-de-Calais town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +2% to 2023.
14% of residents are 65 or over, below 93% 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
■ Mazingarbe 35.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 12% in Mazingarbe and 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 34% in Mazingarbe, more than in 91% 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
With one-person households at 32%, Mazingarbe is behind 67% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Across Mazingarbe, just over one in ten households are single parents.
Mazingarbe sits above 96% of compared French towns for households in social housing (36%)
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 19% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 10% (under two years). Few places have as many households without a car: 17% here, more than in 76% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 5.8%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €20,570 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 residents live in households above €20,570 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 26.0% of residents.
Mazingarbe ranks below 97% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 3.1%
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (26%), Mazingarbe is below just over four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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.
With foreign nationals at 0.8%, Mazingarbe is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 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.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 80% 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
For Mazingarbe, the census puts single residents at 26%. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 38% and 6.5%, and 9.1% are widowed.
Graduates of higher education make up 15% in Mazingarbe, less than in 98% of compared French towns
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
Here 26% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 8,109 to 8,333 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Mazingarbe is the youngest (35.8); Saint-Gilles-Croix-de-Vie the oldest (63.7).
Every neighbor is older than Mazingarbe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mazingarbe | 35.8 | 14% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
| Bully-les-Mines 12,146 · 1.5 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 0.5% | 2% |
| Vermelles 4,729 · 1.5 mi | 38.7 | 17% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Grenay 6,644 · 1.5 mi | 36.5 | 14% | 0.1% | 1.6% |
| Sains-en-Gohelle 5,948 · 2.2 mi | 41.3 | 19% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Nœux-les-Mines 11,590 · 2.5 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.6% | 1.6% |
| Labourse 2,858 · 2.9 mi | 39.7 | 15% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
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 Mazingarbe
What is the population of Mazingarbe?
8,217 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (7,620).
How old are Mazingarbe’s residents?
The median age is 35.8, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mazingarbe?
9, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mazingarbe?
INSEE counts 87 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 63 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mazingarbe?
€20,570 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 26.0% 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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