Tilly-Capelle sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (57%)
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Tilly-Capelle has 7.4%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 154, in 70 households. Empty homes: 9.2% of the total. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 29%, more than in 68% 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 Tilly-Capelle
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tilly-Capelle, 12% of its 89 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% 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.
A town of second homes: 12% of its homes
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. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Tilly-Capelle has 12%.
±0% since 2012, a pace below 70% 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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then −3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
28% of residents are 65 or over, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tilly-Capelle 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Tilly-Capelle is 48.2, higher than in 75% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Above 53% of compared French towns: 36% of households are one person living alone
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,880 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 €22,880 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (57%)
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns, at 3.4%
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.
About one in 29: that is how common foreign nationals are in Tilly-Capelle (3.4%). To put it in context, 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, below 71% 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
Married residents: 43% of the total. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Tilly-Capelle sits below 90% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (19%)
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
In Tilly-Capelle, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest 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.
Tilly-Capelle sits below 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tilly-Capelle | 48.2 | 28% | 12% | 3.4% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 7.4 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 8.4 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 12 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 12.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Auchel 10,051 · 12.8 mi | 40 | 20% | 0.5% | 1% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 13.2 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 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 Tilly-Capelle
What is the population of Tilly-Capelle?
154 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (154).
How old are Tilly-Capelle’s residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tilly-Capelle?
11, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tilly-Capelle?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Tilly-Capelle?
€22,880 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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