43median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

Ginchy sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (40%)

Here 13% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Locally, 29% of residents are 65 or over. Half are older than 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. Ginchy’s 32 households held 75 residents at the 2023 Census.

+9%residents since 2012 29%aged 65 or older 1.5%immigrants 32households

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 · In brief

What stands out about the people of Ginchy

40%of households are couples with children (France median 25%)20%of homes are empty (France median 6.7%)

A town of families

40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓

Empty homes

The census found 8 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓

Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.

Population

Growth of +9% since 2012 puts Ginchy ahead of 65% 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.

Census 2012

residents

Census 2017

residents

Census 2023

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Ginchy+9%

Somme median−3%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Ginchy+23%

Somme median−3%

France median+2%

In two steps, −12% to 2017 and +23% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Somme.

Ages

A median age of 43: Ginchy is younger than 58% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

GinchySomme medianFrance median

Under 1521%

15 to 2410%

25 to 4422%

45 to 6418%

65 and over29%

of whom 80 and over4.4%

0%20%40%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Ginchy 43. The median compared French town: 44.

Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 10% in Ginchy, about one in ten.

Women and men · all residents

44% women, 56% men

Ginchy

Somme median

France median

WomenMen

About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Households

One-person households: 40%, a higher share than 69% 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.

One person 40%Couple, no children 20%Couple with children 40%Single parent 0%Several people, not a family 0%

Against the Somme median and the France median

Ginchy

Somme median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

GinchySomme medianFrance median

One-person households40%

Residents 65+ living alone45%

0%30%60%

Each household has 2.3 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.

Homes & cars

A larger share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 20%

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

GinchySomme medianFrance median

Main residences78%

Second homes2.5%

Empty20%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Ginchy

Somme median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

GinchySomme medianFrance median

No car10%

One car52%

Two or more38%

0%30%60%

Without a car: one household in 10, against 11% in the median compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 3.4% of households moved in less than two years ago; 38% have been in their home 30 years or more. Ginchy has more second homes than 55% of compared French towns, at 2.5%.

Households by occupation

A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 40%

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

GinchySomme medianFrance median

Retired40%

Managers and professionals0%

Intermediate occupations0%

Clerical and service workers20%

Manual workers20%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners0%

Farmers0%

Others not working20%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

4.0%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Ginchy has 20%. By contrast, households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 32% 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 and foreign nationals

A smaller share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.5%

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

1.5% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

1.5% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

GinchySomme medianFrance median

Immigrants1.5%

Foreign nationals1.5%

0%5%10%

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.

Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Ginchy. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

Ginchy sits below 89% of compared French towns for single residents (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

GinchySomme medianFrance median

Married44%

In a civil partnership (PACS)3.7%

Living together, unmarried19%

Single20%

Divorced5.6%

Widowed7.4%

0%25%50%

In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Ginchy has 44%. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.

Qualifications

In Ginchy, 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 72% 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

GinchySomme medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)22%

Brevet14%

CAP or BEP (vocational)28%

Baccalauréat12%

Bac+214%

Bac+3 or bac+46%

Bac+5 or more4%

0%20%40%

In Ginchy, just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

Among 41 French towns of 75 to 2,582 people, the 12th youngest

The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.

Ginchy 43

VillejustPrayssacLa Croix-en-Touraine

365064

Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.

Neighbors

A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Ginchy

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

BapaumePéronneAlbertRosières-en-SanterreCorbieBeaurainsGinchy

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Ginchy	43	29%	2.5%	1.5%
Bapaume 3,779 · 5.6 mi	43.3	23%	1.5%	3.5%
Péronne 7,090 · 7.7 mi	48.6	28%	1.4%	4.3%
Albert 9,521 · 8.3 mi	46	25%	1.7%	2.5%
Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 15.4 mi	46.9	27%	0.9%	2.3%
Corbie 5,982 · 16.5 mi	47.2	26%	1.1%	1.9%
Beaurains 5,559 · 16.8 mi	43	20%	0.4%	2.4%

More about Ginchy

Health, work, housing and schools

HealthDeaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commuteJobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of livingHome prices, rents, owning and renting SchoolsCollèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Ginchy

What is the population of Ginchy?

75 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (69).

How old are Ginchy’s residents?

The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Ginchy?

1, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Ginchy?

INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

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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