Photo: Pichasso · CC BY-SA 3.028% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 90% of compared French towns
With households without a car at 18%, Coudekerque-Branche is ahead of 78% of compared French towns on that count. This Nord town counted 20,787 residents and 9,380 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 21% in the town. At 4.8%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 77% 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 Coudekerque-Branche
Fewer residents than in 2012
Coudekerque-Branche had 22,077 residents at the 2012 census and 20,787 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Social housing
28% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 13% rent privately and 58% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Coudekerque-Branche behind 90% 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 −4% and the next six −2%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 64% of compared French towns, at 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coudekerque-Branche 43. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43, Coudekerque-Branche is younger than 58% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Here, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 76% of compared French towns: 12%
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: 2.2 people. Set beside that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Coudekerque-Branche has 26%.
A lower share of second homes than 83% of compared French towns, at 0.9%
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 six has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 25% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.1% (under two years).
Median standard of living: €23,300 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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,300 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 79% of compared French towns. Some 17.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 81% 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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 32% in Coudekerque-Branche. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.4%, 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Coudekerque-Branche. Across the comparison, 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.
59% of residents 15 and over live as a couple
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
Married residents: 43% of the total. On single residents, 25% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Coudekerque-Branche ranks below 75% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 23%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Coudekerque-Branche. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 20,165 to 21,424
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 Carrières-sous-Poissy (32.6), the youngest, and Concarneau (53.9), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Coudekerque-Branche, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coudekerque-Branche | 43 | 20% | 0.9% | 3.4% |
| Dunkerque 86,263 · 1.2 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 3.9% | 7.1% |
| Cappelle-la-Grande 7,839 · 1.8 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 0.3% | 2% |
| Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village 8,247 · 1.9 mi | 49.5 | 22% | 3.2% | 2.6% |
| Leffrinckoucke 4,078 · 3.1 mi | 52.1 | 28% | 3% | 3.4% |
| Grande-Synthe 20,239 · 3.8 mi | 36.9 | 17% | 0.6% | 16% |
| Bergues 3,525 · 4.2 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
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 Coudekerque-Branche
What is the population of Coudekerque-Branche?
20,787 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (22,077).
How old are Coudekerque-Branche’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coudekerque-Branche?
92, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coudekerque-Branche?
INSEE counts 700 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 430 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coudekerque-Branche?
€23,300 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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