More households headed by a retired person than 95% of compared French towns: 47%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Ligescourt’s population at 223, in 94 households. On the census count, 9.8% of homes stand empty. In Ligescourt, 6.3% of homes are second homes, beside 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
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.
A change of −3% since 2012 leaves Ligescourt behind 83% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Somme town −3%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20% in Ligescourt, less than in 66% 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
■ Ligescourt 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Ligescourt’s residents are over 44.8, older than in 55% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%).
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 32% of households are one person living alone in Ligescourt
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
Households here average 2.4 people each. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children; in Ligescourt, 26%.
17% of households have no car, more than in 76% 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
Type of home
Cars per household · share of households
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town. 4.3% of households arrived within the last two years, while 33% have stayed 30 years or more.
A typical living standard of €22,530 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.
Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.
The midpoint of living standards here is €22,530 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 32%
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).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.4% in Ligescourt. 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.
Married residents: 45%, a higher share than 63% 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
Locally, just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 12%
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 31%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Ligescourt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ligescourt | 44.8 | 20% | 6.3% | 0.4% |
| Rue 2,987 · 9.1 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 9.3 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 11.3 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Verton 2,571 · 12.6 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 12.9 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Rang-du-Fliers 4,297 · 13.9 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
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 Ligescourt
What is the population of Ligescourt?
223 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (231).
How old are Ligescourt’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ligescourt?
7, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ligescourt?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ligescourt?
€22,530 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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