42.1median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

In Hombleux, 2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns

In Hombleux, a third of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 2.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have so few households in social housing: 1.3% here, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 1,111 residents in 470 households.

−1%residents since 2012 21%aged 65 or older 1.2%immigrants 470households

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.

Population

Slower than most: −1% since 2012, behind 74% 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.

Census 2012

1,121

residents

Census 2017

1,180

residents

Census 2023

1,111

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Hombleux−1%

Somme median−3%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Hombleux−6%

Somme median−3%

France median+2%

Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Somme town −3%.

Ages

Hombleux is younger than 65% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.1

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

HombleuxSomme medianFrance median

Under 1519%

15 to 2410%

25 to 4424%

45 to 6426%

65 and over21%

of whom 80 and over5.4%

0%15%30%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Hombleux 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.

Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 10%. Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Hombleux comes in at 21%.

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Hombleux

Somme median

France median

WomenMen

About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Households

30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 79% 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.

One person 30%Couple, no children 25%Couple with children 33%Single parent 11%Several people, not a family 2.2%

Against the Somme median and the France median

Hombleux

Somme median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

HombleuxSomme medianFrance median

One-person households30%

Residents 65+ living alone32%

0%25%50%

There are 2.4 people in the average household. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Hombleux sits higher than 61% of compared French towns: 11%.

Homes & cars

8.5% of households have no car, below 63% 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

HombleuxSomme medianFrance median

Main residences90%

Second homes2.3%

Empty7.7%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Hombleux

Somme median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

HombleuxSomme medianFrance median

No car8.5%

One car46%

Two or more46%

0%30%60%

7.7% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes stands at 2.3%.

Income

Standard of living at the median: €23,550 a year

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.

Median standard of living

€23,550

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Somme €22,835 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

The median standard of living in Hombleux is €23,550 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

Hombleux: 35% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% of compared French towns

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

HombleuxSomme medianFrance median

Retired30%

Managers and professionals2.1%

Intermediate occupations12%

Clerical and service workers11%

Manual workers35%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners6.4%

Farmers0%

Others not working3.3%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

13.6%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

430

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

2.1% of Hombleux’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 30% by a retired person (32%). The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

1.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

1.2% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

0.4% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

HombleuxSomme medianFrance median

Immigrants1.2%

Foreign nationals0.4%

0%5%10%

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.

4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.4% in Hombleux. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

In Hombleux, 21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 83% 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

HombleuxSomme medianFrance median

Married43%

In a civil partnership (PACS)7.8%

Living together, unmarried15%

Single21%

Divorced5.5%

Widowed7.4%

0%25%50%

Married residents: 43% of the total. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.

Qualifications

Hombleux ranks below 91% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 18%

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

HombleuxSomme medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)30%

Brevet5.7%

CAP or BEP (vocational)29%

Baccalauréat17%

Bac+29.2%

Bac+3 or bac+43.8%

Bac+5 or more5%

0%20%40%

30% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%.

Towns its size

Ranked by age, 9th 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.

Hombleux 42.1

VillejustPrayssacLa Croix-en-Touraine

365064

The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).

Neighbors

Hombleux and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

HamRoyeNoyonChaunyPéronneRosières-en-SanterreHombleux

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Hombleux	42.1	21%	2.3%	1.2%
Ham 4,378 · 4 mi	45.8	25%	1%	2.8%
Roye 5,833 · 9.5 mi	42.8	22%	2.1%	3.7%
Noyon 12,971 · 11.2 mi	41.8	22%	1.4%	18%
Chauny 11,596 · 13.2 mi	44.1	23%	1.7%	7.2%
Péronne 7,090 · 13.3 mi	48.6	28%	1.4%	4.3%
Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 13.8 mi	46.9	27%	0.9%	2.3%

More about Hombleux

Health, work, housing and schools

Health DDeaths, doctors and care nearby Work & commute D⁻Jobs, unemployment and how people get to work Cost of living B⁺Home prices, rents, owning and renting SchoolsCollèges and lycées within 5 km

How to read these numbers

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 Hombleux

What is the population of Hombleux?

1,111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,121).

How old are Hombleux’s residents?

The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Hombleux?

12, with occasional dwellings: 2.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Hombleux?

INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Hombleux?

€23,550 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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