1.2% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Curlu has 4.8%. Its 63 households held 152 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, a quarter of households are one person living alone. 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24, a lower share than in 93% 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 Curlu
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 14 second homes and occasional dwellings in Curlu, 17% of its 84 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% 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.
A larger share of second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Of all households, 9.5% moved in during the last two years and 11% have stayed three decades or more. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Curlu comes in at 8.3%.
Since 2012, Curlu has grown +10%, faster than 70% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Somme town −3%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +22%; 2017 to 2023, −10%.
A median age of 44.5: Curlu is older than 53% 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
■ Curlu 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
63 households; 25% are one person
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. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
At the median, €27,920 a year to live on
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 €27,920 a year: higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 25% in Curlu, less than in 83% 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
Here 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. 8.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 12.
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Curlu comes in at 0.7%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Single residents: 15%, a lower share than 99% 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
Married residents: 56%, above 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Only 11% of adults out of school have no qualification in Curlu
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
Here 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 152 to 2,582
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.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Curlu are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Curlu | 44.5 | 22% | 17% | 0.7% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 5.7 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Albert 9,521 · 7.8 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Bapaume 3,779 · 9.6 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 11.5 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 14.3 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 14.9 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
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 Curlu
What is the population of Curlu?
152 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (138).
How old are Curlu’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Curlu?
14, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Curlu?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Curlu?
€27,920 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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