Below 98% of compared French towns: 22% of households are one person living alone
Flats make up 3.9%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Eecke had 1,213 residents in 480 households at the 2023 census. Here, 3.8% of households rent social housing (HLM). Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 88% 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 Eecke
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Eecke changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 92% 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
■ Eecke 41.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Eecke’s residents are under 41.4, younger than in 70% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. In Eecke, 12% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 34% of households are couples with children
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 2.5 people. Eecke has more single-parent households than 75% of compared French towns, at 12%. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 3.8% of households have no car
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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Eecke, 4.9%. Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,900 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 Eecke is €28,900 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 93% of compared French towns: 23%
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
In Eecke, 12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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).
Eecke ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.1%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.7% in Eecke. The usual figure: 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.
In Eecke, 51% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 93% 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
Single residents: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Here, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,213 to 2,582 people, the 6th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Eecke is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eecke | 41.4 | 15% | 0% | 1.1% |
| Steenvoorde 4,332 · 2.5 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Hazebrouck 21,912 · 4.5 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Vieux-Berquin 2,628 · 5.8 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Bailleul 14,732 · 6.6 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.8% | 2.9% |
| Morbecque 2,573 · 6.9 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Wormhout 5,584 · 9.1 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
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 Eecke
What is the population of Eecke?
1,213 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,179).
How old are Eecke’s residents?
The median age is 41.4, younger than 70% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eecke?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eecke?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eecke?
€28,900 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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