Baisieux: 34% of households are couples with children, above 90% of compared French towns
The median age in Baisieux is 39.4, lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. 5,545 residents in 2,260 households: that is Baisieux at the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.9% of homes stand empty. Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Baisieux comes in at 14%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Baisieux
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Baisieux had 4,571 residents at the 2012 census and 5,545 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 17% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Baisieux grew +21% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 92% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +16%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 85% of compared French towns: 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Baisieux 39.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 12% in Baisieux and 11% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 26% of households are one person living alone
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 2.4 people in the average household. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents in Baisieux.
0.5% of homes are second homes, below 95% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Baisieux has 15%. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 6.6%, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €29,280 a year
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 midpoint of living standards here is €29,280 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 80% of compared French towns. 7.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 20%, a higher share than 88% 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 retired person make up 27%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in nine. Against that, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 70% of compared French towns: 4.4%
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 foreign nationals is 2.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Married residents make up 44% in Baisieux, more than in 61% 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 Baisieux, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Baisieux ranks above 90% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 47%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Baisieux has 15%. Measured more widely, 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 5,483 to 5,611 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 37.4 in Le Port-Marly to 60.8 in Penmarch.
Baisieux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baisieux | 39.4 | 16% | 0.5% | 4.4% |
| Willems 2,941 · 1.1 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 0.4% | 3.2% |
| Chéreng 3,078 · 1.4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 0.7% | 2.9% |
| Camphin-en-Pévèle 2,518 · 1.7 mi | 41 | 15% | 0.1% | 3.2% |
| Toufflers 3,957 · 3.2 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 0.1% | 4.3% |
| Cysoing 4,839 · 3.4 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1.4% | 3.3% |
| Sainghin-en-Mélantois 2,840 · 3.7 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
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 Baisieux
What is the population of Baisieux?
5,545 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (4,571).
How old are Baisieux’s residents?
The median age is 39.4, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baisieux?
12, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baisieux?
INSEE counts 240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baisieux?
€29,280 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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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