39% of households are couples with children, more than in 98% of compared French towns
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 3.3% in Sailly-Labourse. At the 2023 Census, 2,493 people lived here, in 1,000 households. Locally, 3.2% of homes stand empty. This Pas-de-Calais town has more households in social housing than 79% of compared French towns, at 21%.
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 Sailly-Labourse
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 6.9% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Sailly-Labourse’s residents are under 38.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+16% since 2012, a pace 83% of compared French towns didn’t match
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: +9% from 2012 to 2017, then +7% to 2023.
A median age of 38.3: Sailly-Labourse is younger than 87% 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
■ Sailly-Labourse 38.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In Sailly-Labourse, 12% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. 16% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Sailly-Labourse, 6.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 90% 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. One-person households are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%.
A lower share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 0.6%
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
Turnover: 7.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Few places have so few households without a car: 11% here, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns.
A median of €23,790 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,790 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 74% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 18.0%.
Sailly-Labourse sits above 83% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (20%)
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 manager or professional: 6%, below just over three quarters of compared French towns. Roughly three in ten: 28% of households are headed by a retired person. Across the comparison, 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).
Immigrants make up 1.3% in Sailly-Labourse, less 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.
With foreign nationals at 0.8%, Sailly-Labourse is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 72% of compared French towns: 40%
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 make up about one in four here (26%). Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 64% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Roughly two in ten: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Sailly-Labourse sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sailly-Labourse | 38.3 | 16% | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| Labourse 2,858 · 0.8 mi | 39.7 | 15% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Beuvry 9,189 · 1.7 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.2% | 2.3% |
| Nœux-les-Mines 11,590 · 2.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.6% | 1.6% |
| Vermelles 4,729 · 2.3 mi | 38.7 | 17% | 0.4% | 1.2% |
| Verquin 3,445 · 2.5 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| Mazingarbe 8,217 · 2.6 mi | 35.8 | 14% | 0.3% | 1.1% |
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 Sailly-Labourse
What is the population of Sailly-Labourse?
2,493 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (2,151).
How old are Sailly-Labourse’s residents?
The median age is 38.3, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sailly-Labourse?
6, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sailly-Labourse?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sailly-Labourse?
€23,790 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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