Flats make up 1.5% in Cappy, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households in social housing is 0.4% in Cappy and 12% in the typical compared French town. The town is home to 546 residents in 260 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 31% of households are headed by a manual worker. 7.8% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 82% 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 Cappy
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cappy, 16% of its 330 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 44% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
16% of homes in Cappy are second homes
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. Few places have as many empty homes: 7.3% here, more than in 56% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. One household in 10 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
From 2012 to 2023, 57% of compared French towns grew faster than Cappy: +3%
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
Half of Cappy is over 45.9, older than 62% 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
■ Cappy 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 23%. Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 63% of compared French towns: 23%
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 2.1 people on average. More one-person households than in 50% of compared French towns: 35%. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,680 a year
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 €24,680 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 62% of compared French towns, at 7.7%
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
32% of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.7%, a lower share than 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.
0.2% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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 stands at 43%. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 85% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (28%), Cappy is above 86% of compared French towns. 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 546 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Cappy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cappy | 45.9 | 23% | 16% | 0.7% |
| Albert 9,521 · 6.9 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 7.9 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 8.1 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 11.2 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 11.3 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Bapaume 3,779 · 12.9 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
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 Cappy
What is the population of Cappy?
546 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (529).
How old are Cappy’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 62% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cappy?
53, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cappy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cappy?
€24,680 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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