36% of households are couples with children, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of flats is 4.2%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. At the same time, a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 84% of compared French towns. Bavinchove’s 420 households held 1,045 residents at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 65 and over: 17% 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.
What stands out about the people of Bavinchove
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bavinchove grew +12% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 76% 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 median Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six +8%.
A median age of 40.1: Bavinchove is younger 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
■ Bavinchove 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 91% 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
The share of single-parent households trails 88% of compared French towns: 7.1%. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
8.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 68% 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
0.9% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%. Lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 5.6% of homes stand empty.
The median resident lives on €24,390 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.
Half of Bavinchove’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,390 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 14%, a higher share than 74% 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: 28% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.6% in Bavinchove, less than in 99% 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 median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Bavinchove, the census puts foreign nationals at 0.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Bavinchove
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
Locally, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Bavinchove, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 61% 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
Roughly two in ten: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,045 to 2,582 people, the 3rd youngest
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Bavinchove, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bavinchove | 40.1 | 17% | 0.9% | 0.6% |
| Hazebrouck 21,912 · 5.5 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Steenvoorde 4,332 · 6 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Wormhout 5,584 · 6.9 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Morbecque 2,573 · 7.3 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Arques 9,431 · 7.4 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Omer 14,382 · 8.6 mi | 36.7 | 17% | 2.4% | 5.5% |
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 Bavinchove
What is the population of Bavinchove?
1,045 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (930).
How old are Bavinchove’s residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bavinchove?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bavinchove?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bavinchove?
€24,390 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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