Couples with children make up 37% in Cobrieux, more than in 96% of compared French towns
1.3% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. Cobrieux has fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.7%. There were 230 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 563 residents. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 27% locally.
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 Cobrieux
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 4.4% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
56% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 21% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +7% change since 2012: Cobrieux grew faster than 58% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Nord town ±0%. The change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and +8% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Cobrieux is over 45, older than 57% 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
■ Cobrieux 45. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24, or about one in ten. At 22%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
18% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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
Single-parent households make up 4.4%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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
Just over one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. By its share of empty homes (3.8%), Cobrieux is below 89% of compared French towns.
€33,690 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €33,690 a year: higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 8.9% in Cobrieux, less than in 83% 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
With households headed by a retired person at 36%, Cobrieux is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 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).
Immigrants: 3.3%, a lower share than 79% 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.
The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in 34 here (2.9%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Cobrieux ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 58%
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
Single residents: 18%, below 98% of compared French towns. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 7.8% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 56% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Cobrieux. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 563 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Cobrieux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cobrieux | 45 | 22% | 0% | 3.3% |
| Genech 2,803 · 0.9 mi | 39.9 | 16% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Cysoing 4,839 · 1.8 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1.4% | 3.3% |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle 7,202 · 2.7 mi | 43 | 19% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
| Nomain 2,651 · 3 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.1% |
| Camphin-en-Pévèle 2,518 · 3.8 mi | 41 | 15% | 0.1% | 3.2% |
| Sainghin-en-Mélantois 2,840 · 4.2 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.5% | 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 Cobrieux
What is the population of Cobrieux?
563 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (528).
How old are Cobrieux’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cobrieux?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cobrieux?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cobrieux?
€33,690 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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