A median age of 62.3: Hesbécourt is older than 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a retired person is 20%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Hesbécourt counted 45 residents and 25 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 8% of households have no car. Couples with children are rarer here than in 74% 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 Hesbécourt
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Hesbécourt, 16% of its 32 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Hesbécourt’s residents are under 62.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hesbécourt had 57 residents at the 2012 census and 45 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Hesbécourt ranks above 91% of compared French towns on second homes: 16%
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
One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In Hesbécourt, 6.3% of homes stand empty.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Hesbécourt changed by −21% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 −21%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Somme town −3%.
Hesbécourt ranks above 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 40%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hesbécourt 62.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 2.2% in Hesbécourt and 11% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Hesbécourt, 20% of households are single parents, more than in 99% 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
One-person households: 40%, above 69% of compared French towns. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.8 people each.
40% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 75% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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.
Compared with 6.5% in the typical compared French town, 4.4% of residents are immigrants here. That is lower than in 69% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Hesbécourt, 71% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
22% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
32% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 94% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Hesbécourt. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (45 to 2,582 people), the 2nd oldest
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 younger than Hesbécourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hesbécourt | 62.3 | 40% | 16% | 4.4% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 8.8 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 9.8 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
| Gauchy 5,183 · 10.7 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 12 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 12.8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Ham 4,378 · 13.9 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
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 Hesbécourt
What is the population of Hesbécourt?
45 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (57).
How old are Hesbécourt’s residents?
The median age is 62.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.9% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hesbécourt?
5, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hesbécourt?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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