A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 43%
Here 28% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Hem-Hardinval counted 347 residents and 130 households at the 2023 Census. In Hem-Hardinval, 5.4% of households have no car. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 88% 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 Hem-Hardinval
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 74% of compared French towns grew faster than Hem-Hardinval: −1%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Somme town −3%.
In Hem-Hardinval, 17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 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
■ Hem-Hardinval 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Hem-Hardinval’s residents are under 42.9, younger than in 59% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Hem-Hardinval sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (17%)
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 2.6 people. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of empty homes than 69% of compared French towns, at 8.6%
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
Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 6.2% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more.
A median of €26,470 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.
At €26,470 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 manager or professional is 11% in Hem-Hardinval and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Hem-Hardinval, 2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 91% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Hem-Hardinval has 0.9%. The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
Single residents make up 22% in Hem-Hardinval, less than in 81% 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
Married residents: 46% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Hem-Hardinval, less than in 75% 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 is 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Hem-Hardinval
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hem-Hardinval | 42.9 | 17% | 2.6% | 2% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 1.9 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 7.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 9.6 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 14 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 15.2 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 16.9 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
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 Hem-Hardinval
What is the population of Hem-Hardinval?
347 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (350).
How old are Hem-Hardinval’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hem-Hardinval?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hem-Hardinval?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hem-Hardinval?
€26,470 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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