Rumaucourt ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.4%
5.6% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Rumaucourt had 691 residents in 270 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 1.9% of homes are flats. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 81% 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.
Slower growth than 71% of compared French towns: Rumaucourt changed by ±0% since 2012
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: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
In Rumaucourt, 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 88% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rumaucourt 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.1, Rumaucourt is younger than 58% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In Rumaucourt, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 85% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
The figure for one-person households is 28% in Rumaucourt and 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Rumaucourt sits below 85% of compared French towns for households without a car (5.4%)
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
8.6% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 34% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.4% (under two years). More second homes than in 55% of compared French towns: 2.5%.
Half above, half below €25,380 a year in 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.
Living standards centre on €25,380 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 59% of compared French towns: 11%
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 13%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
Foreign nationals: 0.8% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Rumaucourt, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 82% 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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Rumaucourt comes in at 45%. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Rumaucourt ranks below 68% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Rumaucourt comes in at 27%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Rumaucourt and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rumaucourt | 43.1 | 19% | 2.5% | 1.3% |
| Arleux 3,125 · 3.5 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 12% | 1.4% |
| Brebières 5,283 · 6.8 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 0.3% | 1.4% |
| Vitry-en-Artois 4,849 · 6.8 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| Courchelettes 2,855 · 7.1 mi | 47.3 | 27% | 0.7% | 2.9% |
| Biache-Saint-Vaast 4,568 · 7.1 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Lambres-lez-Douai 4,883 · 7.8 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 0.4% | 2.6% |
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 Rumaucourt
What is the population of Rumaucourt?
691 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (693).
How old are Rumaucourt’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rumaucourt?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rumaucourt?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rumaucourt?
€25,380 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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