Households in social housing: 0.4%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
8.3% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Renty was home to 596 people in 240 households. Census figures put households without a car at 4.5% here. On one-person households, Renty sits lower than 90% of compared French towns: 27%.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, 82% of compared French towns grew faster than Renty: −3%
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Renty sits below 76% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Renty 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Renty’s residents are over 44.6, older than in 54% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Renty: 28% of households are couples with children, above 67% 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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
6.3% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns
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
21% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7% moved in within the last two years. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,510 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 Renty’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,510 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns: 25%
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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Typically, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 8.2%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.3% of residents are immigrants, below 98% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.7% in Renty. As a yardstick, 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.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 53% of residents 15 and over are married
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
The figure for single residents is 22% in Renty and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 54% 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
About one in six: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Renty (18%). To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (596 to 2,582 people), the 17th 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).
Around Renty, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renty | 44.6 | 18% | 8.3% | 1.3% |
| Lumbres 3,579 · 8.8 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1% | 0.7% |
| Wizernes 3,321 · 11.3 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Desvres 4,829 · 12.1 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Blendecques 4,859 · 12.9 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Longuenesse 10,548 · 13.5 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem 5,843 · 13.6 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1% | 2.7% |
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 Renty
What is the population of Renty?
596 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (615).
How old are Renty’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Renty?
23, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Renty?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Renty?
€24,510 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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