Polincove sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (40%)
With a median age of 39.5, Polincove is younger than just over four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 867, in 340 households. Census figures put flats at 0.5% in the town. In Polincove, 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town.
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 Polincove
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 41 second homes and occasional dwellings in Polincove, 10% of its 410 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 15% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 7.4% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
10% of homes in Polincove are second homes
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
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Polincove comes in at 4.5%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 8.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 15%. Fewer empty homes than in 61% of compared French towns: 5.9%.
Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Polincove ahead of 65% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +7%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 15% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Polincove 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 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
7.4% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
At the median, €25,200 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 €25,200 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Polincove ranks above 75% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 15%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Polincove. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%. For Polincove, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 16%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.5% of residents are immigrants in Polincove
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Polincove has 0.2%. That is lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%. The usual figure: 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.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 57%
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
Single residents: 20%, below 93% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
In Polincove, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 55% 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
Fewer graduates of higher education than in 52% of compared French towns: 30%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (867 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Polincove 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 Polincove
What is the population of Polincove?
867 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (799).
How old are Polincove’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Polincove?
41, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Polincove?
INSEE counts 4 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 Polincove?
€25,200 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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