Households headed by a retired person: 39%, a higher share than 81% of compared French towns
With a median age of 48.1, Camon is older than 75% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 4,359 residents in 1,950 households. Flats make up about one in six here (17%). Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Camon has 19%.
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 than most: −2% since 2012, behind 78% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Somme town −3%.
Camon sits above 73% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (26%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Camon 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
9.9% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 32%, a lower share than 66% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Camon has 8.4%. On couples with children, Camon sits lower than 52% of compared French towns: 25%. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
Camon sits below 81% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.6%)
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
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car here. 0.7% of homes are second homes. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median of €26,860 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.
At €26,860 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 60% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 13.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 13%, a higher share than 66% 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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker here. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 87% of compared French towns: 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.
The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Immigrants make up about one in 31 here (3.2%).
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 69% of compared French towns, at 45%
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
Put another way, about one in four: 24% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education: 32%, a higher share than 58% 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
At 20%, the share of adults with no qualification is higher than in 58% of compared French towns. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th oldest of 41 French towns of 4,332 to 4,388 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.
Ages run from 33.7 in Tigery to 55 in Le Château-d'Oléron.
Every neighbor is younger than Camon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Camon
What is the population of Camon?
4,359 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (4,444).
How old are Camon’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Camon?
15, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Camon?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 62 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Camon?
€26,860 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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