2.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 96% of compared French towns
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 44% of households are headed by a retired person in Warcq. The town’s 590 households held 1,282 residents at the 2023 Census. For Warcq, the census puts flats at 6.4%. Just over one in ten homes stand empty, a higher share than in 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardennes 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.
−2% since 2012, a pace below 79% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −3%, then +1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ardennes town changed −9% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Warcq is over 48.9, older than 79% 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
■ Warcq 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Warcq has 28%. Locally, 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardennes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 79% of compared French towns: 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 Ardennes median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.2 people. Warcq has fewer single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns, at 7.8%. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. By its share of couples with children (27%), Warcq is above 57% of compared French towns.
Warcq ranks below 71% of compared French towns on households without a car: 7.2%
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 12% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%. On second homes, Warcq sits lower than 56% of compared French towns: 1.8%. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
€26,280 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,280 a year: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Only 6% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Warcq
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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 14% in Warcq. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten 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).
Foreign nationals: 2.5%, a lower share than 72% of compared French towns
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 share of immigrants trails 67% of compared French towns: 4.6%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
Warcq sits below 86% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
Married residents: 47% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Warcq sits below 54% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (29%)
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 come to 20% in Warcq, about two in ten. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,282 to 2,582
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.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Warcq
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warcq | 48.9 | 28% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Charleville-Mézières 45,560 · 1.6 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Villers-Semeuse 3,615 · 3.5 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 0.5% | 5.8% |
| Nouzonville 5,523 · 4 mi | 46 | 23% | 0.9% | 6.2% |
| Bogny-sur-Meuse 4,889 · 6.2 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.5% | 4.3% |
| Vivier-au-Court 2,732 · 6.9 mi | 42.4 | 20% | 0.4% | 11% |
| Vrigne aux Bois 3,518 · 8.1 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.3% |
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 Warcq
What is the population of Warcq?
1,282 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,312).
How old are Warcq’s residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Warcq?
12, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Warcq?
INSEE counts 59 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Warcq?
€26,280 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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