Flats make up 1.7% in Nesles, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 21% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Nesles had 1,095 residents in 430 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a manual worker account for 29%. The median age in the town is 39.6, lower than in just over four fifths 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.
What stands out about the people of Nesles
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Nesles had 923 residents at the 2012 census and 1,095 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+19% since 2012, a pace 88% of compared French towns didn’t match
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, +15%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Nesles ranks below 80% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nesles 39.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Nesles ranks above 94% of compared French towns on couples with children: 36%
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 2.5 people. In Nesles, just over one in ten households are single parents. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Households in social housing make up 19% in Nesles, more than in 76% 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
30% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.1% moved in within the last two years. Higher than in 57% of compared French towns: 2.6% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Car-free households: one in nine, where the median compared French town has 11%.
Half above, half below €24,100 a year in standard of living
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,100 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 68% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 32% 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).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.5% of residents are immigrants
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 0.2%, Nesles is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 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.
Married residents make up 49% in Nesles, more than in 86% 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
The share of single residents trails nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 24%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
28% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 86% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Nesles has 24%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,095 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Nesles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nesles | 39.6 | 17% | 2.6% | 0.5% |
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot 4,115 · 1.4 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 65% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont 5,029 · 3.6 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Samer 4,704 · 4.3 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1% | 0.6% |
| Camiers 2,582 · 4.4 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 71% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Léonard 3,353 · 4.6 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Équihen-Plage 2,619 · 4.9 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 17% | 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 Nesles
What is the population of Nesles?
1,095 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (923).
How old are Nesles’ residents?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nesles?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nesles?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nesles?
€24,100 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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