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In Ham, unemployment is 23.4% (2022).

At the end of 2024, Ham had a population of 4,456.

Last checked 2026-10-0728 sources

Population4,456people31 Dec 2024Official source · Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)
Average gross salary3,027EUR/month31 Dec 2022District figureOfficial source · Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département
Unemployment rate23.37%country median 11.0% — 113% aboveOfficial source · www.insee.fr
Recorded crime6,903incidents per 100,000country median 4,740 — 46% aboveOfficial source · Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)
PM2.5, annual mean10µg/m³31 Dec 2024Nearest stationOfficial source · Collected source

Higher unemployment than 98% of French cities that publish it and more recorded crime than 86% of French cities that publish it.

Which France-wide rules apply when you move to Ham?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in FranceNational rates and thresholds that apply in Ham.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

The number of dwellings in Ham reached 2,384 at the end of 2023.

No city-level rent figure is published for Ham. The available city-level cost figures remain below.

What recurs every month2 published recurring costs, € per month
Ham recurring monthly costs, € per month

€ / month

Internet, 60 Mbps€43
Mobile plan, 10 GB€20
Net rent across major citiesHam highlighted among comparable cities
Net rent across major cities with Ham highlighted

net rent, € / m² / month

Paris€26.30
Nice€20.43
Lyon€16.57
Marseille€16.30
Toulon€14.43
Toulouse€13.98
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Bordeaux€15.99
Lille€15.76
Strasbourg€15.57
Montpellier€15.49
Rennes€14.87
Nantes€14.50
MetricValuePeriodSource
Internet, 60 Mbps unlimited42.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange Livebox Fibre13Official · national market
Mobile plan, 10 GB19.99 EUR/month30 Sept 2026Orange 100GB mobile plan12Official · national market
Dwellings2,384 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official
Main residence dwellings2,043 dwellings31 Dec 2023INSEE5Official

Is Ham a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker46%strong on work, weak on housing · range 36–56%
Skilled employee51%strong on work, weak on housing · range 43–59%
Student50%strong on education, weak on housing · range 42–58%
Family43%strong on family, weak on housing · range 35–51%
Retirement48%strong on legal route, weak on admin · range 37–59%

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Ham?

The unemployment rate is about 23.4 % (2022).

  • Unemployment rate: 23.37 % · www.insee.fr21
Unemployment across cities in FranceUnemployment in Ham is 23.4%. Of 2,240 cities with data, 898 have unemployment of 5 to under 10%.

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Average gross earnings3,027 EUR/month31 Dec 2022Les salaires bruts dans le secteur privé en 2022 – T401B: Salaire brut en équivalent temps plein, par catégorie socioprofessionnelle agrégée, région et département8Official · county
Fibre-to-the-building availability90.71 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Gigabit broadband availability90.71 %3 Aug 2026Arcep (Autorité de régulation des communications électroniques, des postes et de la distribution de la presse)1Official
Unemployment rate23.37 %country median 11.0%31 Dec 2022www.insee.fr21Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Ham. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information
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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Ham. Sources checked through 10 Aug 2026.

Family and education

MetricValuePeriodSource
Primary schools4 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)9Official
Schools10 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Éducation nationale (data.education.gouv.fr)9Official

School for children who move here. School is compulsory from age 3 to 16. Newly arrived pupils get support in the school language: UPE2A (unités pédagogiques pour élèves allophones nouvellement arrivés) + UPE2A-NSA variant. How to enrol a child (education.gouv.fr).

A country-wide rule for France; Ham's school authority applies it locally.

Sources: eurydice.eacea.ec.europa.eu · 2025–2026.

Healthcare

At the end of 2011, hospital bed capacity in Ham was 596.7 beds per 100,000 residents.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Hospital beds per 100,000 residents596.7 beds per 100,00031 Dec 2011DREES / DGOS – Statistique Annuelle des Établissements de Santé (SAE) 20114Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Ham when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Hospital beds per 100,000 residents596.7 beds per 100,000Verified 2026-08-03
Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Safety

How safe is Ham?

Police recorded about 6,903 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)2

Recorded crime across major citiesHam highlighted among comparable cities
Recorded crime across major cities with Ham highlighted

recorded incidents per 100k residents

Lille13,488
Lyon13,026
Bordeaux12,429
Marseille11,857
Paris10,987
Montpellier9,636
Toulouse8,875
Rennes8,241
Strasbourg7,791
Nantes7,704
Nice7,577
Ham6,903
MetricValuePeriodSource
Recorded incidents per 100,000 residents6,903 incidents per 100,000country median 4,74031 Dec 2025Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026)2Official

Mobility and administration

Ham's nearest airport was BVA, 76 km away and offered 59 direct destinations. Ham's fibre-to-home broadband coverage was 90.71%.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Direct destinations from the nearest major airport59 count3 Aug 2026OpenFlights11Official
Distance to the nearest major airport76 km3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official
Nearest major airport (IATA code)BVA3 Aug 2026OurAirports14Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Ham. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

Contrat d’intégration républicaine (CIR) — Integration course

État français and OFII

For eligible non-EU foreign residents.

FrenchIn Person
Open official information

DIAN language-training offer finder — Other

Réseau des Carif-Oref and DIAN

For people seeking French-language training.

FrenchIn Person, Online
Open official information
Open the full France section
National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Ham.

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Climate and air quality

Monthly mean temperatures were 3.6°C in January and 18.4°C in July. Ham's monthly precipitation totalled 54.1 mm in January and 60.2 mm in July. Ham's average monthly sunshine was 61 hours in January and 213 hours in July.

Is the air quality good in Ham?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source3

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

Temperature through the yearAverage daytime high and night-time low, °C
Rainfall through the yearAverage monthly precipitation, mm
Sunshine through the yearAverage monthly sunshine, hours
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in FranceAnnual PM2.5 in Ham is 10.0 µg/m³. Of 1,975 cities with data, 626 have annual PM2.5 of 8 to under 9 µg/m³.

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
PM2.5 — annual mean10 µg/m³31 Dec 2024Collected source3Official source, approximated value · Supplemental context · nearest-station reading
Average daytime high by monthJan 6 · Feb 7.1 · Mar 11.2 · Apr 15 · May 18.4 · Jun 21.5 · Jul 24 · Aug 23.9 · Sep 20.2 · Oct 15.2 · Nov 9.8 · Dec 6.5 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI16Official · nearest-station reading
Average night-time low by monthJan 1.1 · Feb 1.2 · Mar 3.1 · Apr 4.9 · May 8.3 · Jun 11 · Jul 12.9 · Aug 12.9 · Sep 10.3 · Oct 7.6 · Nov 4.1 · Dec 1.7 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI17Official · nearest-station reading
Average temperature by monthJan 3.6 · Feb 4.2 · Mar 7.2 · Apr 10 · May 13.4 · Jun 16.2 · Jul 18.4 · Aug 18.4 · Sep 15.2 · Oct 11.4 · Nov 6.9 · Dec 4.1 °C31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI18Official · nearest-station reading
Average precipitation by monthJan 54.1 · Feb 48 · Mar 51.3 · Apr 43.2 · May 57.1 · Jun 59.8 · Jul 60.2 · Aug 70.8 · Sep 51.4 · Oct 60.3 · Nov 56.8 · Dec 70.4 mm31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI19Official · nearest-station reading
Average sunshine by monthJan 61 · Feb 79 · Mar 134 · Apr 182 · May 205 · Jun 207 · Jul 213 · Aug 206 · Sep 167 · Oct 115 · Nov 66 · Dec 54 hours31 Dec 1991World Meteorological Organization / NOAA NCEI20Official · nearest-station reading

Similar climate. In France: Reims ±0.6 °C. Elsewhere: Werl (Germany) ±0.5 °C, Saanich (Canada) ±0.9 °C, Leuven (Belgium) ±0.3 °C, Dusseldorf (Germany) ±0.4 °C, Erkrath (Germany) ±0.4 °C. Twenty closest, compared month by month

Monthly highs and lows against the 1991–2020 station normals of the nearest station; ± is the average monthly difference.

Population and city profile

How many people live in Ham?

The published population was 4,456 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)6

MetricValuePeriodSource
Population4,456 people31 Dec 2024Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE)6Official
Population over time10 published observations, 1968–2024

Population fell 21.8% between 1968 and 2024, from 5,697 to 4,456.

International community in Ham

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Citizenship

Population resident in France excluding Mayotte; INSEE RP2023 NAT; total age and sex · 2023 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Total4,378100.0%
Français4,279.15397.7%
Etranger98.8472.3%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source7

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Universities0 count3 Aug 2026Ministère de l'Enseignement supérieur et de la Recherche (data.enseignementsup-recherche.gouv.fr)10Official

Alternatives for people set on Ham

Nothing here reaches an argued comparison yet: no other published city shares enough metrics with Ham from the same source, period and grain. What is collected is below.

Cities near Ham

Published cities within 25 km, nearest first. Distances are straight-line.

Chauny 18.0 km away
Rent
8.93 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Saint-Quentin 19.0 km away
Rent
9.74 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Noyon 19.1 km away
Rent
11.04 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Roye 21.0 km away
Rent
9.93 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31
Péronne 22.7 km away
Rent
8.9 EUR/m²/monthAverage net rent (nettokalt) · 2025-12-31

Alternative cities in France

Other cities in France to compare with Ham, nearest in population first.

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Château-Renault4,454 residentsLe Tréport4,469 residentsTonnerre4,421 residentsMorez4,506 residentsNilvange4,396 residentsLe Touquet-Paris-Plage4,519 residents

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Common questions

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How many people live in Ham?

The published population was 4,456 people in January 2024. Source: Institut national de la statistique et des études économiques (INSEE).

Is the air quality good in Ham?

The annual PM2.5 mean is 10 µg/m³ (2024) — above the WHO 2021 guideline of 5 µg/m³ but within the EU limit of 25 µg/m³. Source: Collected source.

How safe is Ham?

Police recorded about 6,903 incidents per 100,000 (2025). This counts all offences, so it is not comparable with a violent-crime-only rate from another source. Source: Base statistique communale de la délinquance enregistrée par la police et la gendarmerie nationales, 2025 (géographie 2026).

What is the unemployment rate in Ham?

The unemployment rate is about 23.4 % (2022). Source: www.insee.fr.

Is Ham a good place to live?

Ham may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

Which cities are near Ham?

Gauchy, Chauny, Saint-Quentin, Noyon, Roye are near Ham. Typed relationship labels are shown where published; other rows use straight-line distance from admitted coordinates.

How many people are in the Français citizenship group in Ham?

The official citizenship distribution records 4,279.153 people (97.7%) in the source-defined population for 2023 Census. This is a citizenship measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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ImmigrationDB. (2026, October 16). Ham, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs [ImmigrationDB compilation; version a8e54fe2f42271de7cfc05ac12dd7eaa]. ImmigrationDB. https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/ham/ Retrieved 2026-10-16. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/
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@misc{immigrationdb_immigrationdb_ham-france-population-salary-cost-of-living-jobs_d5610cc0ea50,
  author = {ImmigrationDB},
  title = {Ham, France: population, salary, cost of living, jobs},
  publisher = {ImmigrationDB},
  year = {2026},
  date = {2026-10-16},
  version = {a8e54fe2f42271de7cfc05ac12dd7eaa},
  url = {https://immigrationdb.com/cities/fr/ham/},
  note = {Retrieved 2026-10-16. ImmigrationDB compilation. Compilation license: CC BY 4.0, https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/},
}
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