Couples with children: 40%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Flats: 2.1% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. On households headed by a manager or professional, Proyart sits lower than 86% of compared French towns: 5%. At the 2023 Census Proyart was home to 761 people in 300 households. For Proyart, the census puts households in social housing at 4.7%.
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 Proyart
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Proyart’s residents are under 37.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Proyart outgrew 82% of compared French towns: +15%
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 +5%; the six to 2023, +9%.
Half of Proyart is under 37.1, younger than 91% 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
■ Proyart 37.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (13%), Proyart is below 96% of compared French towns. Across Proyart, 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
23% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 97% 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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. Higher than in 89% of compared French towns: 13% of households are single parents. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
In Proyart, 5.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 82% 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
In Proyart, 8.1% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 8% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 2.7% of homes are second homes, more than in 58% of compared French towns. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town.
€24,710 a year is the median standard of living here
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 median standard of living in Proyart is €24,710 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 27%, a higher share than 98% 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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Proyart has 22%. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Proyart sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.9%)
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.
The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 0.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 80% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Proyart comes in at 41%. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 73% 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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 19% in Proyart. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 761 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 Proyart (37.1), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Proyart 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Proyart | 37.1 | 13% | 2.7% | 0.9% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 4.8 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Albert 9,521 · 8.4 mi | 46 | 25% | 1.7% | 2.5% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 8.6 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 9.2 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 10.5 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 12.6 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
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 Proyart
What is the population of Proyart?
761 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (662).
How old are Proyart’s residents?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Proyart?
9, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Proyart?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Proyart?
€24,710 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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