Cattenières ranks below 99% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 0.3%
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 1.9% of homes are flats in Cattenières. In 2023, the Census found 689 residents in the town, living in 290 households. Locally, 22% of households are headed by a retired person. At 29%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 80% 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 Cattenières
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Cattenières has changed by +2%, slower than 62% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Nord town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Cattenières is younger than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cattenières 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 34% in Cattenières, more than in 91% 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
Average household size: 2.4 people. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 10%.
Fewer households without a car than 76% of compared French towns: 6.6%
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
With empty homes at 5.4%, Cattenières is behind 68% of compared French towns on that count. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Second homes: 2.2% of the total.
€25,170 a year: the median standard of living
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 €25,170 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Locally, one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Cattenières, 1.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.3%, below 89% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 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.
Cattenières sits below 90% of compared French towns for 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
In Cattenières, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
30% of adults hold a diploma above the bac
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 account for 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (689 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Cattenières and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cattenières | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 1.7% |
| Caudry 13,833 · 3.7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1% | 2.4% |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert 3,562 · 4.6 mi | 41.5 | 22% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Cambrai 31,134 · 4.7 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| Escaudœuvres 3,171 · 4.8 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1% | 4% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 5.7 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Proville 3,206 · 5.8 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
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 Cattenières
What is the population of Cattenières?
689 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (676).
How old are Cattenières’ residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cattenières?
7, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cattenières?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cattenières?
€25,170 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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