Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Épagne-Épagnette is over 55.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 2.3% of homes are flats. Épagne-Épagnette had 510 residents in 230 households at the 2023 census. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in the town, 3.8%.
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 Épagne-Épagnette
Fewer residents than in 2012
Épagne-Épagnette had 580 residents at the 2012 census and 510 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Épagne-Épagnette’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −12% since 2012 leaves Épagne-Épagnette behind 98% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Somme town −3%. The change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Épagne-Épagnette 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
31% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 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.
Épagne-Épagnette ranks below 93% of compared French towns on one-person households: 26%
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
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. On single-parent households, Épagne-Épagnette sits higher than 85% of compared French towns: 13%. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. In Épagne-Épagnette, just over a fifth of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
4.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 79% 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 last two years, 6.4% of households moved in; at the other end, 31% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many second homes: 3.9% here, more than in 70% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€27,840 a year is the median standard of living here
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 midpoint of living standards here is €27,840 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 8.5%, a lower share than 85% 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: 11% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 34%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.8%, 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
15% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 54% of residents 15 and over are married here. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 70% 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
About one in three: that is how common graduates of higher education are in Épagne-Épagnette (31%). Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 510 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Épagne-Épagnette is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Épagne-Épagnette | 55.5 | 31% | 3.9% | 0.8% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 2.5 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 10.4 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Friville-Escarbotin 4,306 · 14.2 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 14.7 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 15.4 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Rue 2,987 · 16.1 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
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 Épagne-Épagnette
What is the population of Épagne-Épagnette?
510 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (580).
How old are Épagne-Épagnette’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Épagne-Épagnette?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Épagne-Épagnette?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Épagne-Épagnette?
€27,840 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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