1.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% of compared French towns
Here 2.5% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In 2023, the Census found 820 residents in Arrest, living in 370 households. The census found that 28% of households are one person living alone locally. Half of the town’s residents are over 49.5, older than in 81% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Arrest
Fewer residents than in 2012
Arrest had 877 residents at the 2012 census and 820 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 63 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Arrest has changed by −6%, 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
The median Somme town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −6%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of compared French towns: 8.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Arrest 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (26%), Arrest is above 71% 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
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Arrest, 6.8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 91% 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
Each household has 2.2 people on average. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. Arrest has fewer couples with children than 50% of compared French towns, at 25%.
A higher share of empty homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Arrest comes in at 3.3%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 11: nearly one in ten households have no car. Second homes are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
A median of €23,410 a year per consumption unit
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 €23,410 a year: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 94% of compared French towns, at 46%
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Arrest has 23%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.6% in Arrest, less than in 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.
0.4% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. 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.
Arrest sits below 95% of compared French towns for single residents (19%)
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 married residents is 43%; Arrest has 46%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Arrest ranks below 99% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 13%
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 95% of compared French towns: 32%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (820 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Arrest: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arrest | 49.5 | 26% | 6.7% | 0.6% |
| Friville-Escarbotin 4,306 · 4.4 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 10 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Rue 2,987 · 10.1 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Eu 6,499 · 10.4 mi | 55.2 | 35% | 5.9% | 2.8% |
| Mers-les-Bains 2,540 · 10.8 mi | 58.3 | 38% | 50% | 1.7% |
| Le Tréport 4,378 · 11.8 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 37% | 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 Arrest
What is the population of Arrest?
820 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (877).
How old are Arrest’s residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arrest?
31, with occasional dwellings: 6.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arrest?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arrest?
€23,410 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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