Flats: 2.2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Blaringhem. In 2023, the Census found 2,008 residents locally, living in 830 households. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 3.1%. On empty homes, Blaringhem sits lower than 72% of compared French towns: 5.2%.
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 Blaringhem
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 73% 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 +2% and the next six −3%.
Only 20% of residents are 65 or over in Blaringhem
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blaringhem 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 43.9, Blaringhem is younger than 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Blaringhem: 34% of households are couples with children, above 90% 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
With single-parent households at 8.5%, Blaringhem is behind 74% of compared French towns on that count. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
Households without a car make up 8.5% in Blaringhem, less than in 63% 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 last two years, 3.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 26% have stayed 30 years or more. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town. Blaringhem has fewer second homes than 54% of compared French towns, at 1.9%. At 12%, households in social housing sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,340 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.
Living standards centre on €25,340 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 10.0% of residents.
Blaringhem ranks above 72% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 37%
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
In Blaringhem, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
0.3% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 87% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Married residents: 48% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 59% 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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (19%). The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,008 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Blaringhem
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blaringhem | 43.9 | 20% | 1.9% | 0.9% |
| Aire-sur-la-Lys 9,598 · 3.8 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 0.4% | 1% |
| Arques 9,431 · 5.4 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Morbecque 2,573 · 5.4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Blendecques 4,859 · 5.7 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Isbergues 8,650 · 5.9 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Hazebrouck 21,912 · 6.3 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1% | 3.1% |
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 Blaringhem
What is the population of Blaringhem?
2,008 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,023).
How old are Blaringhem’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blaringhem?
17, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blaringhem?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blaringhem?
€25,340 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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