Households headed by a manual worker make up 27% in Warcq, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 6.7% of households have no car, or about one in 15. Warcq had 181 residents in 75 households at the 2023 census. Single-parent households: 13% here and 10% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Warcq
Fewer residents than in 2012
Warcq had 210 residents at the 2012 census and 181 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Warcq has changed by −14%, slower than 99% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −8% for the median Meuse town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
Warcq ranks above 92% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Warcq 40. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Warcq’s residents are under 40, younger than in 79% of compared French towns. In Warcq, 20% of residents are 65 or over. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 33% in Warcq, less than in 59% 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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Couples with children are more common here than in 58% of compared French towns.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 16% of homes are flats
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Warcq comes in at 9.5%. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.6%, fewer than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%.
A median of €26,010 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €26,010 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 27% in Warcq, less than in 79% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.3% of residents are immigrants in Warcq
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Warcq has 2.8%. The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns. Typically, 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.
32% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 84% 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
In Warcq, 39% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 90% 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
Compared with other places, adults with no qualification are common here: 19%, more than in 51% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 181 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as 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 | 40 | 20% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Étain 3,375 · 1.7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 3.5% |
| Bouligny 2,507 · 8 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Jarny 8,050 · 10.5 mi | 45.5 | 25% | 0.7% | 5% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 12.2 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 12.2 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Val de Briey 8,130 · 13.3 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.6% |
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 Warcq
What is the population of Warcq?
181 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (210).
How old are Warcq’s residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Warcq?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Warcq?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Warcq?
€26,010 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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