Caudry sits below 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (2.7%)
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Caudry, 15%. Empty homes are more common here than in 82% of compared French towns. This Nord town had 13,833 residents in 6,410 households at the 2023 census. Households without a car account for 26%.
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 Caudry
Fewer residents than in 2012
Caudry had 14,586 residents at the 2012 census and 13,833 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Caudry’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 88% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, −5%.
13% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 85% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Caudry 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.8, Caudry is younger than 60% of compared French towns. Roughly two in ten: 21% of residents are 65 or over. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Caudry: 43% of households are one person living alone, above 79% 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
There are 2.1 people in the average household. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Lower than in three quarters of compared French towns: 20% of households are couples with children.
18% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 73% 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
The figure for second homes is 1% in Caudry and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%. Nearly a fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 13% moved in within the last two years. On flats, Caudry sits lower than 52% of compared French towns: 28%.
€20,040 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 Caudry’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €20,040 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 29.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker: 24%, a higher share than 94% 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
Put another way, about one in three: a third of households are headed by a retired person. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 88% of compared French towns: 2.4%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2% of residents are foreign nationals in Caudry. Elsewhere, 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.
Caudry sits below 96% of compared French towns for married residents (32%)
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 Caudry, 32%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Caudry sits below 98% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (14%)
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 32%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 13,401 to 14,257 people: this is the 17th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Fleury-Mérogis (30.2), the youngest, and Douarnenez (55.6), the oldest.
Older than Caudry: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Caudry | 42.8 | 21% | 1% | 2.4% |
| Avesnes-les-Aubert 3,562 · 5.2 mi | 41.5 | 22% | 0.7% | 0.8% |
| Solesmes 4,142 · 5.7 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 1.2% |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis 6,764 · 6 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Escaudœuvres 3,171 · 8 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1% | 4% |
| Cambrai 31,134 · 8.3 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| Iwuy 3,403 · 8.6 mi | 38.2 | 18% | 1.1% | 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 Caudry
What is the population of Caudry?
13,833 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (14,586).
How old are Caudry’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Caudry?
72, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Caudry?
INSEE counts 330 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 270 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Caudry?
€20,040 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 29.0% 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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