Flats make up 3.3% in Auberchicourt, less than in 98% of compared French towns
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are single parents in Auberchicourt. Meanwhile, fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 94% of compared French towns: 3.8%. At the 2023 Census Auberchicourt was home to 4,626 people in 1,960 households. Households in social housing: nearly a quarter of the total.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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.
Slower growth than 53% of compared French towns: Auberchicourt changed by +4% since 2012
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +4%.
Half of Auberchicourt is under 42.2, younger than 64% 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
■ Auberchicourt 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 21%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Across Auberchicourt, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 28% in Auberchicourt, more than in 64% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. The share of one-person households is 34%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
In Auberchicourt, 17% of households have no car, more than in 76% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. 0.6% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 5.3%, below 70% of compared French towns.
At the median, €22,230 a year to live on
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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,230 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 87% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 20.0%.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 20% in Auberchicourt, more than in 83% 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
37% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Auberchicourt ranks below 89% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.3%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Auberchicourt comes in at 1.2%. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
28% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 66% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 41%, Auberchicourt is behind 65% of compared French towns on that count. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
With adults with no qualification at 27%, Auberchicourt is ahead of 84% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 13th youngest of 41 French towns of 4,589 to 4,663 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 Évin-Malmaison (39), the oldest La Tremblade (62.9).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Auberchicourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auberchicourt | 42.2 | 21% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Aniche 9,963 · 1 mi | 35.7 | 16% | 0.6% | 3.4% |
| Masny 3,999 · 1.7 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 0.3% | 4.7% |
| Monchecourt 2,516 · 1.9 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Somain 11,766 · 2.8 mi | 41.1 | 20% | 1.2% | 3.3% |
| Abscon 4,108 · 3 mi | 42.4 | 21% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| Pecquencourt 6,092 · 3 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.4% | 4.8% |
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 Auberchicourt
What is the population of Auberchicourt?
4,626 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (4,450).
How old are Auberchicourt’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Auberchicourt?
13, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Auberchicourt?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Auberchicourt?
€22,230 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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