A higher share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns, at 38%
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of homes are flats in Brouckerque. This Nord town had 1,452 residents in 570 households at the 2023 Census. Across Brouckerque, 3.9% of households have no car. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.6% here, fewer than in 95% 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 Brouckerque
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 6.1% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +14% since 2012, faster than 80% 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 the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Nord town ±0%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +8%; 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Brouckerque ranks below 78% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brouckerque 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Brouckerque is 42.3, lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Brouckerque ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 19%
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
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Brouckerque, 6.1%. On average, 2.5 people share a household. As a yardstick, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Brouckerque sits below 93% of compared French towns for empty homes (3.3%)
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
Some 6.3% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 24% who have been there 30 years or more. Second homes are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €29,830 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.
Half of residents live in households above €29,830 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a retired person, below 87% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (11%), Brouckerque is above 57% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in five: 21% of households are headed by a manual worker. As a reference point, nearly a third 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, fewer 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.3%), Brouckerque is below 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
Brouckerque: 55% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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
By its share of single residents (18%), Brouckerque is below 98% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,452 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Brouckerque
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brouckerque | 42.3 | 18% | 2% | 0.9% |
| Bourbourg 6,931 · 4.1 mi | 40.4 | 21% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| Grande-Synthe 20,239 · 4.2 mi | 36.9 | 17% | 0.6% | 16% |
| Loon-Plage 5,952 · 4.2 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 0.7% | 1.5% |
| Cappelle-la-Grande 7,839 · 4.6 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 0.3% | 2% |
| Coudekerque-Branche 20,787 · 6.3 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.9% | 3.4% |
| Bergues 3,525 · 6.3 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
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 Brouckerque
What is the population of Brouckerque?
1,452 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,272).
How old are Brouckerque’s residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 63% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brouckerque?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brouckerque?
INSEE counts 13 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 Brouckerque?
€29,830 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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