42% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Écuélin, 3.7%. 3.3% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 145, in 53 households. On the census count, 14% of residents are 15 to 24.
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 Écuélin
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Écuélin’s residents are under 35.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +15% change since 2012: faster than 82% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Nord town ±0%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +11%; 2017 to 2023, +4%.
A median age of 35.7: Écuélin is younger than 95% 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
■ Écuélin 35.7. The median compared French town: 44.
12% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Écuélin, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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
A household here holds 2.7 people on average. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 17%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
Écuélin ranks above 71% of compared French towns on second homes: 4.1%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 8.1%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,230 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 Écuélin is €27,230 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Écuélin comes in at 17%. Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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 share of foreign nationals is 1.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
Single residents make up 31% in Écuélin, more 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
In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 45% and 7%, and 3.5% are widowed. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Écuélin, 5% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Écuélin has 28%. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 145 to 2,582 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.
Écuélin is the youngest (35.7); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Écuélin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Écuélin | 35.7 | 12% | 4.1% | 2.7% |
| Aulnoye-Aymeries 8,612 · 3 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.7% |
| Hautmont 14,152 · 4 mi | 37.8 | 18% | 0.6% | 8.3% |
| Berlaimont 3,159 · 4.5 mi | 42.9 | 25% | 1.3% | 3.1% |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe 4,012 · 4.8 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Louvroil 6,294 · 5.4 mi | 35 | 17% | 0.6% | 20% |
| Ferrière-la-Grande 5,131 · 5.9 mi | 39.8 | 20% | 0.5% | 5% |
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 Écuélin
What is the population of Écuélin?
145 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (126).
How old are Écuélin’s residents?
The median age is 35.7, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Écuélin?
2, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Écuélin?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Écuélin?
€27,230 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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