In Ham, 2.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households in social housing tops 89% of compared French towns: 27%. Couples with children account for 18%. Few places have as many households without a car: 25% here, more than in 92% of compared French towns. Ham had 4,378 residents in 2,040 households at the 2023 census.
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 Ham
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ham had 4,829 residents at the 2012 census and 4,378 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 320 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.
Slower growth than 96% of compared French towns: Ham changed by −9% since 2012
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
Here the change came as −5% to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 68% of compared French towns: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ham 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Ham’s residents are over 45.8, older than in 62% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 12%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 43%, a higher share than 80% 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
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Ham has 12%. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 13%, a higher share than 92% 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
With second homes at 1%, Ham is behind four fifths of compared French towns on that count. On flats, Ham sits lower than 54% of compared French towns: 28%. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
€19,330 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 median standard of living in Ham is €19,330 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 98% of compared French towns. 32.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 26% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.8%, a lower share than 84% 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.
The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. In Ham, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals. On average, 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.
In Ham, 33% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 94% 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
Single residents: 29% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
The share of adults with no qualification tops 98% of compared French towns: 34%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,347 to 4,411 people), the 18th 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 33 in Labège to 55 in Le Château-d'Oléron.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Ham
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Ham
What is the population of Ham?
4,378 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (4,829).
How old are Ham’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ham?
24, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ham?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 99 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ham?
€19,330 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 32.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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