More couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Curchy has 5.7%. Across Curchy, 27% of households are headed by a manual worker. With a median age of 48.3, Curchy is older than 76% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Curchy was home to 281 people in 120 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.
What stands out about the people of Curchy
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Curchy had 308 residents at the 2012 census and 281 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 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.
A −9% change since 2012: slower than 96% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Somme.
Only 20% of residents are 65 or over in Curchy
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Curchy 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, below 85% 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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.4 people share a household. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
14% of homes stand empty, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 5.9% of homes are second homes. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €24,780 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.
The median standard of living in Curchy is €24,780 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
38% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 77% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% 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).
Immigrants: 1.7%, a lower share than 94% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Curchy comes in at 0.7%. The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 23%, a lower share than 75% 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
At 44%, the share of married residents is higher than in 59% of compared French towns. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Curchy, less than in 89% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 81% of compared French towns: 26%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 281 to 2,582 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Curchy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curchy | 48.3 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Roye 5,833 · 6.4 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 7.7 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Ham 4,378 · 9.8 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 11.1 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 15 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 15.7 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
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 Curchy
What is the population of Curchy?
281 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (308).
How old are Curchy’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Curchy?
8, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Curchy?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Curchy?
€24,780 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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