Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% of homes are flats
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Saulchoy has 28%. Households without a car: 5.4% of the total. Fewer one-person households than in 97% of compared French towns: 24%. Census day 2023: 325 residents and 130 households here.
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 Saulchoy
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saulchoy, 12% of its 170 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 63% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saulchoy sits above 89% of compared French towns for second homes (12%)
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
By its share of households in social housing (8.7%), Saulchoy is below 67% of compared French towns. The census found that 11% of homes stand empty in the town. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Saulchoy grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 69% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Pas-de-Calais town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Saulchoy is under 41.3, younger than 71% 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
■ Saulchoy 41.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 19%, Saulchoy is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 79% of compared French towns: 8.1%
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
On average, 2.5 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Saulchoy comes in at 24%.
€23,900 a year: the median 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,900 a year: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
In Saulchoy, 24% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 87% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 7.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.9%, a lower share than 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.
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saulchoy sits below 85% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Saulchoy has 39%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 97% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of adults out of school have no qualification in Saulchoy. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 6th 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.
No nearby town is as young as Saulchoy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saulchoy | 41.3 | 19% | 12% | 0.9% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 8.6 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Rue 2,987 · 9.4 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Verton 2,571 · 9.5 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Rang-du-Fliers 4,297 · 10.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
| Berck 12,951 · 12.6 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 40% | 2.7% |
| Merlimont 3,342 · 13 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 67% | 2% |
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 Saulchoy
What is the population of Saulchoy?
325 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (296).
How old are Saulchoy’s residents?
The median age is 41.3, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saulchoy?
19, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saulchoy?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saulchoy?
€23,900 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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