A larger share of couples with children than 95% of compared French towns: 36%
2.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Boëseghem’s 320 households held 766 residents at the 2023 Census. For Boëseghem, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 26%. Few places have so few flats: 4.2% here, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns.
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 Boëseghem
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 5.9% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Boëseghem’s population changed by +8% since 2012, more than in 61% 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
Over those years, the median Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.6% in Boëseghem, less than in 87% 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
■ Boëseghem 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Boëseghem. On top of that, with a median age of 41.5, Boëseghem is younger than 69% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
5.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 96% 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
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Boëseghem comes in at 27%. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
5.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 85% 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
By its share of second homes (0.6%), Boëseghem is below 94% of compared French towns. At 5.2%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 72% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. 6.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,970 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 €24,970 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 77% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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
Here 30% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. By way of comparison, 9.4% of 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
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, Boëseghem has 0.4%. 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.
Boëseghem ranks below 93% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Here half of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Boëseghem ranks below 70% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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: 17% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (766 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Boëseghem is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boëseghem | 41.5 | 19% | 0.6% | 1% |
| Aire-sur-la-Lys 9,598 · 2.6 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 0.4% | 1% |
| Isbergues 8,650 · 3.5 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Morbecque 2,573 · 4.1 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Venant 2,999 · 5.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.4% | 2% |
| Hazebrouck 21,912 · 5.9 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Lillers 10,193 · 7.4 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 0.5% | 1.9% |
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 Boëseghem
What is the population of Boëseghem?
766 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (712).
How old are Boëseghem’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boëseghem?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boëseghem?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boëseghem?
€24,970 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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