Second homes: 65%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 41% in Neufchâtel-Hardelot and 32% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 1.8%. At 29%, the share of one-person households is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 4,115 residents in 1,850 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 Neufchâtel-Hardelot
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 3,640 second homes and occasional dwellings in Neufchâtel-Hardelot, 65% of its 5,590 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 31% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Neufchâtel-Hardelot’s residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Neufchâtel-Hardelot ranks above 75% of compared French towns on flats: 50%
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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households have no car here. As a yardstick, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in six: 16% of households rent social housing (HLM).
A +10% change since 2012: Neufchâtel-Hardelot grew faster than 69% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%. The change was ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and +10% from 2017 to 2023.
Neufchâtel-Hardelot is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Neufchâtel-Hardelot 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer couples with children than 61% of compared French towns: 23%
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 figure for single-parent households is 8.9% in Neufchâtel-Hardelot and 10% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Half above, half below €28,640 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.
Living standards centre on €28,640 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 76% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 11.0% of the population.
In Neufchâtel-Hardelot, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. As a yardstick, 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).
Below 91% of compared French towns: 2.1% 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.
The median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 1.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns: 19%
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 just over half of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 39%, a higher share than 76% 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
The census found that 18% of adults out of school have no qualification in Neufchâtel-Hardelot. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
Ages run from 35.6 in Survilliers to 62.9 in Fouras.
Neufchâtel-Hardelot is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot | 51.8 | 30% | 65% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont 5,029 · 3.4 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Camiers 2,582 · 4 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 71% | 1.5% |
| Équihen-Plage 2,619 · 4.1 mi | 44.6 | 22% | 17% | 0.8% |
| Saint-Léonard 3,353 · 4.6 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Outreau 13,138 · 5.5 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 1% | 1.4% |
| Samer 4,704 · 5.7 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1% | 0.6% |
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 Neufchâtel-Hardelot
What is the population of Neufchâtel-Hardelot?
4,115 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (3,749).
How old are Neufchâtel-Hardelot’s residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Neufchâtel-Hardelot?
3,640, with occasional dwellings: 65% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Neufchâtel-Hardelot?
INSEE counts 86 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Neufchâtel-Hardelot?
€28,640 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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