A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%
In Valhuon, 4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in three: 33% of households are couples with children. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. The town’s 230 households held 538 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Valhuon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Valhuon had 580 residents at the 2012 census and 538 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Valhuon has changed by −7%, slower than 93% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
13% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 83% 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
■ Valhuon 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Valhuon’s residents are over 45.7, older than in 61% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 6.6% of households are single parents in Valhuon
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
Here 28% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 81% of compared French towns: 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
In the last two years, 6.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here 3.2% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Median living standard: €26,250 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 Valhuon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,250 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 23% in Valhuon, more than in 92% 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
Just over a third of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Set beside that, 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).
1% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
Here 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Valhuon, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 95% 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
Single residents make up 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 12% of adults out of school have no qualification in Valhuon
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
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
41 French towns of 538 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th oldest
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).
Valhuon is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valhuon | 45.7 | 19% | 3.2% | 1% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 4 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 6 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Divion 6,766 · 6.2 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 0.7% | 1% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 6.3 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Auchel 10,051 · 6.7 mi | 40 | 20% | 0.5% | 1% |
| Marles-les-Mines 5,411 · 7.3 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0% | 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 Valhuon
What is the population of Valhuon?
538 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (580).
How old are Valhuon’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valhuon?
8, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valhuon?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valhuon?
€26,250 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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