A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
32% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. At 4.1%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 87% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 804 residents in Émerchicourt, living in 330 households.
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 Émerchicourt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Émerchicourt had 858 residents at the 2012 census and 804 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Émerchicourt behind 92% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Nord town ±0%. The change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and −9% from 2017 to 2023.
13% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 83% 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
■ Émerchicourt 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.7, Émerchicourt is older than just over three fifths of compared French towns. On average, 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%.
Émerchicourt sits below 95% of compared French towns for one-person households (25%)
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 2.4 people on average. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 7.4% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 86% of compared French towns.
5.8% of households have no car, below 82% 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
3.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 41% have stayed 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Where just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Émerchicourt has 7.9%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,680 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 Émerchicourt is €23,680 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 82% of compared French towns: 40%
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
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Émerchicourt ranks below 94% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.8%
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 trails 95% of compared French towns: 0.9%. 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.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Émerchicourt has 22%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 86% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 24%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Émerchicourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Émerchicourt | 45.7 | 24% | 0% | 1.8% |
| Aniche 9,963 · 1.1 mi | 35.7 | 16% | 0.6% | 3.4% |
| Auberchicourt 4,626 · 1.8 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Abscon 4,108 · 2.1 mi | 42.4 | 21% | 0.2% | 1.8% |
| Monchecourt 2,516 · 2.4 mi | 39.3 | 19% | 0.9% | 1.1% |
| Bouchain 4,113 · 3.2 mi | 46 | 26% | 1% | 2.2% |
| Somain 11,766 · 3.3 mi | 41.1 | 20% | 1.2% | 3.3% |
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 Émerchicourt
What is the population of Émerchicourt?
804 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (858).
How old are Émerchicourt’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Émerchicourt?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Émerchicourt?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Émerchicourt?
€23,680 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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