A lower share of flats than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.3%
By its share of one-person households (25%), Candas is below 93% of compared French towns. Census figures put households in social housing at 3.1% here. Higher than in 99% of compared French towns: 29% of households are headed by a manual worker. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,035, in 430 households.
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.
Candas changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 84% 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 +2%; 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Somme town −3%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 75% of compared French towns, at 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Candas 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Candas’s residents are under 42.3, younger than in 63% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are couples with children, more than in 84% 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 2.4 people on average. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 12% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 74% of compared French towns.
In Candas, 5% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 75% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Candas has 8.6%. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%. More second homes than in 57% of compared French towns: 2.6%.
€24,280 a year: the median 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.
At €24,280 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Candas ranks below 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 22%
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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (12%), Candas is above 63% of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% 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, the share of married residents is 43%; Candas has 47%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Candas
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Candas comes in at 23%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,035 to 2,582 people, the 10th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Candas is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Candas | 42.3 | 18% | 2.6% | 0.9% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 5 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 10.2 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 10.7 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 11.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 12.9 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Rivery 3,636 · 14.5 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.4% |
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 Candas
What is the population of Candas?
1,035 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (1,077).
How old are Candas’ residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Candas?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Candas?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Candas?
€24,280 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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