Single-parent households make up 14% in Albert, more than in 93% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 22%, above 88% of compared French towns. Albert had 9,521 residents in 4,630 households at the 2023 Census. 5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 20. More empty homes than in 81% of compared French towns: 10%.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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.
Slower growth than 84% of compared French towns: Albert changed by −4% since 2012
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 Somme town −3%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%.
Albert: 13% of residents are 15 to 24, above 83% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Albert 46. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46, Albert is older than 64% of compared French towns. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
18% of households are couples with children, below 83% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 43% in Albert. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2 people.
Albert ranks below 56% of compared French towns on flats: 26%
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
One household in four has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Second homes: 1.7% of the total. At 13%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in 55% of compared French towns. For flats, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Half above, half below €22,180 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,180 a year: lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 22.0% of residents.
More households headed by a manual worker than 75% of compared French towns: 18%
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
With households headed by a retired person at 34%, Albert is ahead of 61% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.5% of residents are immigrants in Albert
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.
1.9% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Immigrants make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
32% of residents 15 and over are married, below 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Albert, 30%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification in Albert. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 9,361 to 9,679 people, the 12th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Aucamville (36.9), the youngest, and Carqueiranne (57.9), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Albert
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Albert | 46 | 25% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 8.8 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 10.8 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Bapaume 3,779 · 11.5 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 13 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 13.5 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Camon 4,359 · 15.3 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 0.7% | 3.2% |
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 Albert
What is the population of Albert?
9,521 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (9,899).
How old are Albert’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 64% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Albert?
92, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Albert?
INSEE counts 240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Albert?
€22,180 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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