A median age of 38.3: Capinghem is younger than 87% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional: 24% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Capinghem was home to 2,728 people in 1,300 households. For Capinghem, the census puts flats at 56%. 41% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 72% 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 Capinghem
Growing fast
Capinghem had 1,670 residents at the 2012 census and 2,728 in 2023, up 63%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Capinghem’s residents are under 38.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 15% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
48% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+63% since 2012, a pace 99% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
In two steps, +49% to 2017 and +9% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Nord.
Capinghem ranks above 89% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Capinghem 38.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 19%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 79% of compared French towns: 8.1%
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
Just over a fifth of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Each household has 2 people on average. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town.
Second homes: 0.7%, a lower share than 89% 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
One household in eight has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Locally, 13% of households have no car. At 7.5%, the share of empty homes is higher than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €28,640 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.
Living standards centre on €28,640 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 76% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 12.0% of residents.
Only 24% of households are headed by a retired person in Capinghem
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 6.9% in Capinghem. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.1% of residents in Capinghem are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Capinghem (6.1%). Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 4.7%, from the figure 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.
33% of residents 15 and over are married, below 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Capinghem, 31%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
48% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Capinghem comes in at 15%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 2,698 to 2,762 people, the 2nd 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 37.7 in Trieux to 61.9 in Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie.
Every neighbor is older than Capinghem
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Capinghem | 38.3 | 19% | 0.7% | 6.1% |
| Pérenchies 8,455 · 1.4 mi | 40.5 | 19% | 0.6% | 4.1% |
| Sequedin 4,675 · 1.7 mi | 40.2 | 17% | 1% | 7.1% |
| Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin 4,683 · 2.5 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Lambersart 27,090 · 2.7 mi | 40.1 | 19% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
| Verlinghem 2,682 · 2.7 mi | 43 | 19% | 1.9% | 2.5% |
| Haubourdin 15,074 · 2.8 mi | 39 | 18% | 0.5% | 4.6% |
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 Capinghem
What is the population of Capinghem?
2,728 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 63% more than in 2012 (1,670).
How old are Capinghem’s residents?
The median age is 38.3, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Capinghem?
10, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Capinghem?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 130 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Capinghem?
€28,640 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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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