Gapennes: 38% of households are couples with children, above 97% of compared French towns
0.7% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). The 2023 Census put Gapennes’s population at 270, in 120 households. Across Gapennes, nearly one in ten homes are second homes. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.1% here, fewer than in 87% 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 Gapennes
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Gapennes ahead of 58% 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 change was +11% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Somme town −3%.
8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 88% 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
■ Gapennes 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 24% in Gapennes and 22% in the typical compared French town. The median age in the town is 47.2, higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Gapennes ranks below 81% of compared French towns on one-person households: 29%
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. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
Empty homes: 11%, a higher share than 84% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median of €24,850 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €24,850 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Gapennes sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (33%)
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 25% in Gapennes and 32% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 16% of residents 15 and over are single
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
By its share of married residents (49%), Gapennes is above 89% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 82% 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
Adults with no qualification: 25% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 270 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Gapennes 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gapennes | 47.2 | 24% | 8.2% | 0.7% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 7.5 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 7.8 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 13.1 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 13.7 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Rue 2,987 · 13.8 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 16.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
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 Gapennes
What is the population of Gapennes?
270 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (253).
How old are Gapennes’ residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gapennes?
12, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gapennes?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gapennes?
€24,850 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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