Younger than 97% of compared French towns: half of Bambecque is under 34.9
The share of one-person households trails 99% of compared French towns: 19%. In Bambecque, 4.7% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 845, in 320 households.
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 Bambecque
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 9.5% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Bambecque’s residents are under 34.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bambecque’s population changed by +13% since 2012, more than in 78% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +10%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Nord town ±0%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 13%, a lower share than 96% 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
■ Bambecque 34.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 41%
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
Each household has 2.7 people on average. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9.5%, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. Typically, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Flats: 2%, a lower share than 99% 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
Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 5.8%. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households in social housing at 14% in Bambecque. Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 2% of homes are second homes.
At the median, €24,760 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.
Living standards centre on €24,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 30% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 make up 6.4%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, below 95% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Bambecque has 0.9%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
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 49% in Bambecque, more than in 87% 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
The share of single residents trails 68% of compared French towns: 23%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Bambecque ranks below 60% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 27%
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
In Bambecque, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 845 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.
Bambecque is the youngest (34.9); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Bambecque
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bambecque | 34.9 | 13% | 2% | 1.7% |
| Wormhout 5,584 · 3.8 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Hondschoote 3,957 · 5.4 mi | 43 | 22% | 1.7% | 2.9% |
| Hoymille 3,259 · 6.5 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Steenvoorde 4,332 · 6.5 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Bergues 3,525 · 6.7 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village 8,247 · 9.4 mi | 49.5 | 22% | 3.2% | 2.6% |
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 Bambecque
What is the population of Bambecque?
845 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (747).
How old are Bambecque’s residents?
The median age is 34.9, younger than 97% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bambecque?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bambecque?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bambecque?
€24,760 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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