Richebourg sits below 98% of compared French towns for one-person households (23%)
Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Richebourg has 3%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,687, in 1,110 households. 4.9% of homes are flats. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.3% here, fewer than in 86% 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 Richebourg
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 7.2% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Richebourg has grown +7%, faster than 59% 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
In two steps, +4% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
Richebourg is older than 58% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Richebourg 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (22%). At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
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%.
A larger share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns: 35%
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
In Richebourg, 7.2% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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
Empty homes: 5.1%, below 73% of compared French towns. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Of all households, 7.4% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more.
Standard of living at the median: €29,390 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 €29,390 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 81% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 6.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 74% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 12% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 35% in Richebourg. Set beside that, 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).
1.1% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
In Richebourg, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 94% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Richebourg comes in at 20%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns: 39%
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 make up 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 2,649 to 2,724 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.
Ages run from 34 in Roissy-en-France to 63.6 in Piriac-sur-Mer.
Richebourg is older 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 Richebourg
What is the population of Richebourg?
2,687 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (2,510).
How old are Richebourg’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Richebourg?
9, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Richebourg?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Richebourg?
€29,390 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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