Couples with children: 40%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.4%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. There were 140 households in Gueschart at the 2023 Census, home to 361 residents. Put another way, about one in six: 18% of residents are 65 or over. Half are older than 39.8, younger than 80% 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 Gueschart
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 29 second homes and occasional dwellings in Gueschart, 15% of its 200 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 26 homes empty (13%): 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 higher share of second homes than 91% of compared French towns, at 15%
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, 4.2% of households moved in; at the other end, 24% have stayed 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The figure for empty homes is 13% in Gueschart and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +15% since 2012, faster than 82% 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
In two steps, +7% to 2017 and +8% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Somme.
Half of Gueschart is under 39.8, younger than 80% 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
■ Gueschart 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Gueschart, 9.1%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 26%, a lower share than 91% 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
The average household has 2.5 people. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 10% of households are single parents, more than in 53% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €23,750 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.
Living standards centre on €23,750 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are headed by a retired person in Gueschart. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.5%
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 Gueschart comes in at 0.5%. To put it in context, 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 99% 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.
Fewer single residents than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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
The share of married residents trails 62% of compared French towns: 41%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 account for 20%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 361 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Gueschart
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gueschart | 39.8 | 18% | 15% | 0.5% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 4.5 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 9.4 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 12.1 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 12.3 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Rue 2,987 · 15.3 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 15.6 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
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 Gueschart
What is the population of Gueschart?
361 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (314).
How old are Gueschart’s residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gueschart?
29, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gueschart?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gueschart?
€23,750 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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