Older than 96% of compared French towns: half of Tardinghen is over 57
Empty homes make up 2.3%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Tardinghen had 150 residents in 68 households at the 2023 census. The census found that 1.5% of households have no car locally.
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 Tardinghen
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tardinghen, 46% of its 130 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 90% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Tardinghen’s residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
53% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 19% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 46%, a higher share than 97% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. For Tardinghen, the census puts flats at 0.8%.
A change of +2% since 2012 leaves Tardinghen behind 61% 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
The median Pas-de-Calais town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six −1%.
6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% 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
■ Tardinghen 57. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 35%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Tardinghen sits below 88% of compared French towns for single-parent households (7.1%)
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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Tardinghen, 21%. What’s more, 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. Households average 2.2 people.
Median standard of living: €31,610 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €31,610 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
In Tardinghen, 43% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 90% 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
Higher than in 53% of compared French towns: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns: 2%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Tardinghen, 2%. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 91% 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.
Married residents make up 56% in Tardinghen, more than in 99% 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
The figure for single residents is 23% in Tardinghen and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Tardinghen: 53% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 95% 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
With adults with no qualification at 14%, Tardinghen is behind four fifths of compared French towns on that count. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 150 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Tardinghen
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 Tardinghen
What is the population of Tardinghen?
150 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (147).
How old are Tardinghen’s residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tardinghen?
60, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tardinghen?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tardinghen?
€31,610 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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