1.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 17% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Fewer flats than in 89% of compared French towns: 8.8%. Écaillon is home to 1,869 residents in 780 households, by the 2023 Census. The census found that 16% of households are single parents in the town.
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 Écaillon
Social housing
39% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 10% rent privately and 49% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Écaillon had 1,974 residents at the 2012 census and 1,869 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−5% since 2012, a pace below 89% 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 change was −2% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 13% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Écaillon 43. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Écaillon is 43, lower than in 58% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The census found that 23% of residents are 65 or over locally.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 82 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Écaillon, 28% of households are couples with children, more than in 64% 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
The average household has 2.3 people. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. At 33%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
39% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 98% 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 share of second homes trails 82% of compared French towns: 0.9%. Against that, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%. Écaillon has more empty homes than 56% of compared French towns, at 7.2%.
The median resident lives on €21,560 a year per consumption unit
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 residents live in households above €21,560 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 63% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 34% of households are headed by a retired person here. The wider picture: 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).
Below 91% of compared French towns: 2.1% of residents are immigrants
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.3%, Écaillon is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns
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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Écaillon (25%). Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Écaillon ranks below 90% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (26%), Écaillon is above just over four fifths of compared French towns. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,869 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Of the 6 towns nearest Écaillon, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Écaillon | 43 | 23% | 0.9% | 2.1% |
| Masny 3,999 · 0.9 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 0.3% | 4.7% |
| Auberchicourt 4,626 · 1.2 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Pecquencourt 6,092 · 2 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 0.4% | 4.8% |
| Aniche 9,963 · 2 mi | 35.7 | 16% | 0.6% | 3.4% |
| Montigny-en-Ostrevent 4,495 · 2.1 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 0.2% | 4.3% |
| Monchecourt 2,516 · 2.5 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
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 Écaillon
What is the population of Écaillon?
1,869 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,974).
How old are Écaillon’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Écaillon?
8, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Écaillon?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Écaillon?
€21,560 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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