A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
Residents aged 65 and over: 14%, below 95% of compared French towns. 3.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. There were 230 households in Zoteux at the 2023 Census, home to 588 residents. Put another way, about one in 26: 3.8% of homes stand empty.
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 Zoteux
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6.5% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+5% since 2012, a pace 52% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +10%; 2017 to 2023, −4%.
Younger than 83% of compared French towns: half of Zoteux is under 39.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Zoteux 39.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.9% in Zoteux and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Zoteux
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
On average, 2.6 people share a household. Zoteux has more couples with children than 90% of compared French towns, at 34%. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. By its share of single-parent households (6.5%), Zoteux is below 93% of compared French towns.
Fewer households in social housing than 92% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. On second homes, Zoteux sits lower than 86% of compared French towns: 0.8%. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
At the median, €24,860 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €24,860 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 24% in Zoteux, less than in 85% 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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 19% in Zoteux and 14% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. Locally, 8.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Zoteux’s 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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
The share of married residents is 50%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 74% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 588 to 2,582 people, the 2nd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Zoteux are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Zoteux | 39.2 | 14% | 0.8% | 0% |
| Desvres 4,829 · 4.3 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Samer 4,704 · 6 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1% | 0.6% |
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot 4,115 · 11.5 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 65% | 2.1% |
| Lumbres 3,579 · 12.2 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1% | 0.7% |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont 5,029 · 12.2 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Léonard 3,353 · 12.3 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
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 Zoteux
What is the population of Zoteux?
588 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (558).
How old are Zoteux’s residents?
The median age is 39.2, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Zoteux?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Zoteux?
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%.
What is the median income in Zoteux?
€24,860 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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