Above 99% of compared French towns: 57% of households are headed by a retired person
29% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 75% of compared French towns: 9.3% of homes stand empty. Tollent is home to 81 residents in 37 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that nearly one in ten households have no car in the town.
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 Tollent
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Tollent, 17% of its 50 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Tollent had 92 residents at the 2012 census and 81 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Tollent’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 2.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 38%. One household in 11 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A change of −12% since 2012 leaves Tollent behind 98% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −11%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Tollent is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Tollent 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 95% of compared French towns: 36%. Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
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%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Tollent ranks below 83% of compared French towns on one-person households: 29%
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
Households average 2.2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Tollent: 0% of residents are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% 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.
Below 60% of compared French towns: 24% of residents 15 and over are single
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 census found that 44% of residents 15 and over are married in Tollent. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 94% of compared French towns: 32%
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 Tollent, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th highest median age among 41 French towns of 81 to 2,582
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).
Around Tollent, 1 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tollent | 52.5 | 36% | 17% | 0% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 5.4 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 6.8 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 12.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 14.2 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Rue 2,987 · 15.1 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 15.9 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
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 Tollent
What is the population of Tollent?
81 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (92).
How old are Tollent’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Tollent?
8, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Tollent?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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