Only 0.3% of homes are flats in Ourton
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Ourton has 26%. Households in social housing account for 5.3%. 4.9% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 719 residents in the town, living in 300 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 Ourton
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ourton had 793 residents at the 2012 census and 719 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−9% since 2012: slower than 96% 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 change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and −7% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Older than 51% of compared French towns: half of Ourton is over 44.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ourton 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
On residents aged 15 to 24, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 89% 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
Couples with children make up 32%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
A smaller share of second homes than 83% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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
Car-free households: one in seven, where the median compared French town has 11%. 14% of households have no car, a higher share than in 64% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 9.2% moved in during the last two years and 27% have stayed three decades or more.
€23,560 a year: the median 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,560 a year: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
In Ourton, 1.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% 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
Put another way, about one in three: 31% of households are headed by a retired person. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.4%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Ourton comes in at 0.1%. 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. By way of comparison, 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.
Below 79% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
47% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 85% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification here. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 719 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Ourton
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ourton | 44.2 | 22% | 0.9% | 0.4% |
| Divion 6,766 · 1.7 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 0.7% | 1% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 2.4 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Houdain 6,945 · 2.9 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
| Marles-les-Mines 5,411 · 3.5 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0% | 1% |
| Bruay-la-Buissière 21,424 · 3.6 mi | 39.7 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 3.7 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 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 Ourton
What is the population of Ourton?
719 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (793).
How old are Ourton’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ourton?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ourton?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ourton?
€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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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