Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
With households headed by a manual worker at 23%, Bazuel is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count. In 2023, the Census found 551 residents in the town, living in 240 households. Roughly three in ten: 31% of households are couples with children. Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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.
A +1% change since 2012: slower than 67% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Nord.
Bazuel is older than 54% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bazuel 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in Bazuel, about one in ten. There is little gap on residents aged 65 and over: 22%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 60% of compared French towns, at 33%
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
Households average 2.3 people. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 10%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Bazuel, 11% of homes stand empty, more than in 84% 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
0.4% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 12%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 29%. On households without a car, Bazuel sits higher than 63% of compared French towns: 13%.
The median resident lives on €22,610 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,610 a year: lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 92% 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
39% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.3%, a lower share than 98% 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 figure for foreign nationals is 0.7% in Bazuel and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town 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: 42%, a lower share than 60% 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
For Bazuel, the census puts single residents at 26%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns: 17%
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 the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Bazuel, 31%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th youngest of 41 French towns of 551 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Bazuel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazuel | 44.7 | 22% | 0.4% | 1.3% |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis 6,764 · 2.2 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Landrecies 3,407 · 5 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Solesmes 4,142 · 7.5 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 1.2% |
| Caudry 13,833 · 8.2 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1% | 2.4% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 9.4 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Le Quesnoy 4,878 · 11.1 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
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 Bazuel
What is the population of Bazuel?
551 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (547).
How old are Bazuel’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bazuel?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bazuel?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bazuel?
€22,610 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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