Crespin is younger than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.1
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are single parents here. Crespin is home to 4,532 residents in 1,820 households, by the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 37: 2.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 23% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 84% 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 Crespin
A young town
Half of Crespin’s residents are under 37.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +1% change since 2012: slower than 66% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Nord.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns: 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Crespin 37.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 17% in Crespin and 22% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 33% in Crespin, more than in 86% 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
On average, 2.5 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone.
Flats make up 16% in Crespin, less than in 75% 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
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Crespin has 16%. More empty homes than in 73% of compared French towns: 9.1%. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. In Crespin, 1% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €20,050 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €20,050 a year: lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 29.0% of residents.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 23% 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
29% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. As a reference point, 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).
Crespin sits above 64% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (6%)
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.
7.9% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 59% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
Crespin sits above 81% of compared French towns for single residents (31%)
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 figure for married residents is 38% in Crespin and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Crespin sits below 90% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (18%)
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Crespin comes in at 24%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 4,494 to 4,570 people
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 Jacob-Bellecombette (36.6), the youngest, and Leucate (63), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Crespin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Crespin | 37.1 | 17% | 1% | 7.9% |
| Quiévrechain 5,949 · 1.4 mi | 37.6 | 18% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Quarouble 3,145 · 2.5 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.7% |
| Onnaing 8,479 · 3.4 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 0.4% | 5.1% |
| Fresnes-sur-Escaut 7,354 · 4.2 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.7% |
| Condé-sur-l'Escaut 9,253 · 4.3 mi | 41.5 | 21% | 0.7% | 10% |
| Escautpont 4,202 · 4.6 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 0.5% | 4.8% |
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 Crespin
What is the population of Crespin?
4,532 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (4,494).
How old are Crespin’s residents?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Crespin?
21, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Crespin?
INSEE counts 360 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 270 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Crespin?
€20,050 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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