More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 47%
14% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Herleville’s 71 households held 192 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 2.4% of homes are flats. Second homes are more common here than in 86% 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 Herleville
A town of families
47% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Herleville’s residents are under 36.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Herleville grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 50% 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
The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +5%.
Herleville is younger than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 36.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Herleville 36.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 13%, Herleville is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 90% 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
In Herleville, 13% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.7 people each. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 63% of compared French towns: 8.5%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 7% moved in during the last two years and 17% have stayed three decades or more. On empty homes, 7.1% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median of €27,090 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.
Half of Herleville’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,090 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Herleville ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 20%
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 6.7% in Herleville and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, at 13%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is lower than in 54% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 76% of compared French towns: 3.6%
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.
For Herleville, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.2%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 33% of residents 15 and over are married
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
For Herleville, the census puts single residents at 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
More adults with no qualification than 72% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Locally, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 192 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.
The youngest is Herleville (36.4), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Herleville is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herleville | 36.4 | 13% | 8.3% | 3.6% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 3.9 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 9.4 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 10.4 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Albert 9,521 · 10.6 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Roye 5,833 · 11.3 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 11.4 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 Herleville
What is the population of Herleville?
192 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (183).
How old are Herleville’s residents?
The median age is 36.4, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Herleville?
7, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Herleville?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Herleville?
€27,090 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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