Wancourt ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 44%
Residents aged 65 and over: 12%, below 97% of compared French towns. Households without a car are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Wancourt’s population at 626, in 240 households. Flats account for 1.1%.
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 Wancourt
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 2.1% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Wancourt had 671 residents at the 2012 census and 626 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Wancourt has changed by −7%, slower than 92% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Pas-de-Calais. Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns, at 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wancourt 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.2, Wancourt is younger than 64% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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 2.6 people. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 2.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns.
5.3% of homes stand empty, below 70% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 25%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households in social housing: 10% here, fewer than in 60% of compared French towns. Still, by its share of second homes (3.1%), Wancourt is above 62% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €30,320 a year in 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.
Half of Wancourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,320 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns: 23%
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
In Wancourt, 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 29% of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Wancourt ranks below 97% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.4%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Wancourt has 1%. As a reference point, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 75% of compared French towns, at 46%
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 single residents is 25%; Wancourt has 27%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 10%, a lower share than 94% 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 graduates of higher education at 40%, Wancourt is ahead of 78% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 9th youngest of 41 French towns of 626 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).
Wancourt is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wancourt | 42.2 | 12% | 3.1% | 1.4% |
| Beaurains 5,559 · 3.8 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.4% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Laurent-Blangy 6,459 · 4.6 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 0.6% | 3.1% |
| Achicourt 7,873 · 4.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.7% |
| Arras 42,875 · 5.3 mi | 36.3 | 18% | 1.8% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Nicolas 4,494 · 5.4 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 0.6% | 5.1% |
| Biache-Saint-Vaast 4,568 · 5.5 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 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 Wancourt
What is the population of Wancourt?
626 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (671).
How old are Wancourt’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wancourt?
8, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wancourt?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wancourt?
€30,320 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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