In Pendé, 0.5% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Pendé has 6.4%. By contrast, more households headed by a retired person than in 91% of compared French towns: 44%. At the 2023 Census, 1,025 people lived locally, in 470 households. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.1% locally.
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 Pendé
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Pendé, 20% of its 640 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pendé had 1,118 residents at the 2012 census and 1,025 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Pendé’s residents are under 52.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
5.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 33% have stayed 30 years or more. Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 4.6% of households rent social housing (HLM). The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Pendé has 9.2%.
A −8% change since 2012: slower than 95% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Somme. Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Half of Pendé is over 52.6, older than 90% 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
■ Pendé 52.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Pendé comes in at 31%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Pendé sits below 82% of compared French towns for one-person households (29%)
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
The typical household size is 2.2 people. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,780 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 €23,780 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 91% 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
Here, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.6% of residents are immigrants in Pendé
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.
Foreign nationals: 0.2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 18% of residents 15 and over are single in Pendé
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
With married residents at 51%, Pendé is ahead of 93% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 95% 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
Adults with no qualification: 31% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Pendé and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pendé | 52.6 | 31% | 20% | 0.6% |
| Friville-Escarbotin 4,306 · 5.7 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| Rue 2,987 · 8.5 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Mers-les-Bains 2,540 · 10.8 mi | 58.3 | 38% | 50% | 1.7% |
| Eu 6,499 · 10.8 mi | 55.2 | 35% | 5.9% | 2.8% |
| Le Tréport 4,378 · 11.8 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 37% | 1.8% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 12 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
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 Pendé
What is the population of Pendé?
1,025 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,118).
How old are Pendé’s residents?
The median age is 52.6, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pendé?
130, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pendé?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pendé?
€23,780 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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