Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%
Households headed by a retired person: 44% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Pressy counted 298 residents and 130 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 24% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 27%, more than in 76% 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 Pressy
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 4% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 64% of compared French towns grew faster than Pressy: +1%
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: +8% from 2012 to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of compared French towns, at 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Pressy 45. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45, Pressy is older than 57% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
A larger share of couples with children than 94% of compared French towns: 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
Single-parent households: 4% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
Only 6.4% of households have no car in Pressy
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
Nearly a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.5% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Pressy has 9%.
Median standard of living: €24,900 a year
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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,900 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 63% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Pressy. The wider picture: 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).
Pressy sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.3%)
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 22%, a lower share than 81% 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
With married residents at 46%, Pressy is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 21%
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
In Pressy, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 20th youngest of 41 French towns of 298 to 2,582 people
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Pressy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pressy | 45 | 27% | 4.1% | 0.3% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 3 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Auchel 10,051 · 3.8 mi | 40 | 20% | 0.5% | 1% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 3.9 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Divion 6,766 · 4.5 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 0.7% | 1% |
| Marles-les-Mines 5,411 · 4.7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0% | 1% |
| Burbure 2,834 · 5 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.2% | 0.7% |
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 Pressy
What is the population of Pressy?
298 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (294).
How old are Pressy’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pressy?
6, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pressy?
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 Pressy?
€24,900 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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