36% of households are couples with children, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
By its share of flats (3.3%), Oblinghem is below 98% of compared French towns. Across Oblinghem, 0.7% of homes are second homes. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 384 residents in 150 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 Oblinghem
Growing fast
Oblinghem had 221 residents at the 2012 census and 384 in 2023, up 74%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 20% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Oblinghem’s residents are under 38.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +74% change since 2012: Oblinghem grew faster than 99% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Pas-de-Calais town, the change came in two steps: +71% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over: 14%, a lower share than 95% 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
■ Oblinghem 38.2. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Still, with a median age of 38.2, Oblinghem is younger than 88% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 20%, a lower share than 99% 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
On average, 2.6 people share a household. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Oblinghem has 20%.
Oblinghem sits below 94% of compared French towns for empty homes (3.3%)
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
Households without a car: 8.3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Locally, 19% of households rent social housing (HLM).
At the median, €23,560 a year to live on
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 €23,560 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a retired person, below 88% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 20%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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).
0.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
The median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Oblinghem: 48% of residents 15 and over are married, above 84% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single, a higher share than in 50% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Oblinghem sits below 72% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
Adults with no qualification: 21%, above 58% of compared French towns. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest 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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Oblinghem is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Oblinghem
What is the population of Oblinghem?
384 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 74% more than in 2012 (221).
How old are Oblinghem’s residents?
The median age is 38.2, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oblinghem?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oblinghem?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oblinghem?
€23,560 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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