Half of Herbécourt is under 32.9, younger than 99% of compared French towns
Empty homes make up 3.9%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Herbécourt’s 71 households held 178 residents at the 2023 Census. 20% of households are one person living alone. Households without a car are rarer here than in 94% 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 Herbécourt
A young town
Half of Herbécourt’s residents are under 32.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Herbécourt had 201 residents at the 2012 census and 178 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 98% of compared French towns grew faster than Herbécourt: −11%
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
13% of residents are 65 or over, below 97% 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
■ Herbécourt 32.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 13% of residents are 15 to 24 here. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Herbécourt: 33% of households are couples with children, above 88% 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
13% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
A town of second homes: 5.2% of its homes
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
Turnover: 7.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 17% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,660 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €23,660 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 13%
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Herbécourt. 33% of households are headed by a manual worker. Typically, nearly a third 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).
Herbécourt sits below 90% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.1%)
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%; Herbécourt has 1%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Herbécourt, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
The figure for married residents is 35% in Herbécourt and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (33%), Herbécourt is above 96% of compared French towns. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 178 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Herbécourt (32.9), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Herbécourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herbécourt | 32.9 | 13% | 5.2% | 2.1% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 4.2 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 9.6 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Albert 9,521 · 10.1 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Bapaume 3,779 · 12.5 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 14.8 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 14.9 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
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 Herbécourt
What is the population of Herbécourt?
178 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (201).
How old are Herbécourt’s residents?
The median age is 32.9, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Herbécourt?
4, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Herbécourt?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Herbécourt?
€23,660 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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