Above 93% of compared French towns: 35% of households are couples with children
In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Chéreng has 3%. For Chéreng, the census puts flats at 4.6%. 27% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a higher share than in 95% of compared French towns. Its 1,280 households held 3,078 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Chéreng
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 6.6% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
54% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 25% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+3% since 2012: slower than 57% 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 median Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six +3%.
Half of Chéreng is over 45.8, older than 62% 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
■ Chéreng 45.8. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.9%), Chéreng is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 94% of compared French towns: 25%
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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 6.6%, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone.
Households without a car make up 6% in Chéreng, less than in 80% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Chéreng has 0.7%. Across Chéreng, 7.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). To put it in context, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €33,960 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 median standard of living in Chéreng is €33,960 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 5.0% of residents have a standard of living below 60% of France’s median.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 5%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Chéreng comes in at 36%. 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).
1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 91% 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.
In Chéreng, 2.9% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 54% of residents 15 and over are married
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
The share of single residents trails 94% of compared French towns: 20%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Chéreng sits above 96% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (54%)
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: 10%, below 95% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,050 to 3,105 people, the 18th 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.
Pont-à-Vendin is the youngest (35.9); Soulac-sur-Mer the oldest (63.7).
Every neighbor is younger than Chéreng
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Chéreng | 45.8 | 23% | 0.7% | 2.9% |
| Baisieux 5,545 · 1.4 mi | 39.4 | 16% | 0.5% | 4.4% |
| Willems 2,941 · 1.8 mi | 42.8 | 20% | 0.4% | 3.2% |
| Sainghin-en-Mélantois 2,840 · 2.4 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Camphin-en-Pévèle 2,518 · 2.6 mi | 41 | 15% | 0.1% | 3.2% |
| Cysoing 4,839 · 3 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1.4% | 3.3% |
| Villeneuve-d'Ascq 62,868 · 3.2 mi | 34.1 | 15% | 3.2% | 16% |
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 Chéreng
What is the population of Chéreng?
3,078 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (2,989).
How old are Chéreng’s residents?
The median age is 45.8, older than 62% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Chéreng?
10, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Chéreng?
INSEE counts 89 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Chéreng?
€33,960 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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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