Photo: © Pierre André · CC BY-SA 4.0More couples with children than 90% of compared French towns: 34%
Second homes: 0.2%, below 99% of compared French towns. The share of flats stands at 9.1%. 9.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns. Emmerin is home to 3,026 residents in 1,270 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Emmerin
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Emmerin had 3,210 residents at the 2012 census and 3,026 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Emmerin changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 90% 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 first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, −5%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns, at 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Emmerin 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.4%), Emmerin is below 75% of compared French towns. Half of the town’s residents are under 43.5, younger than in 54% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 88% of compared French towns: 27%
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
Households here average 2.4 people each. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. On single-parent households, Emmerin sits lower than 77% of compared French towns: 8.3%.
Households in social housing make up 4% in Emmerin, less than in 90% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 30%. The comparison figure for households in social housing is 12% in the typical compared French town. On households without a car, Emmerin sits lower than 72% of compared French towns: 7.2%. Car-free households: one in 14, where the median compared French town has 11%.
€29,410 a year: the median standard of living
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 €29,410 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 81% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 6.0% of residents.
Emmerin ranks above 84% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 18%
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
Households headed by a retired person: a third of the total. Against that, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Emmerin sits below 98% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (0.7%)
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.
Against a figure of 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Emmerin comes in at 2.1%. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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.
Married residents: 49%, a higher share than 89% 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Emmerin has 21%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
More graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 42%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Emmerin. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,996 to 3,059
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 Pommeuse (39.2), the youngest, and Agon-Coutainville (63.8), the oldest.
Older than Emmerin: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Emmerin | 43.5 | 19% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
| Haubourdin 15,074 · 1.4 mi | 39 | 18% | 0.5% | 4.6% |
| Loos 22,567 · 1.4 mi | 33 | 13% | 1.8% | 11% |
| Houplin-Ancoisne 3,326 · 1.5 mi | 43.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 3.1% |
| Santes 5,652 · 1.8 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 0.5% | 2% |
| Wattignies 15,525 · 1.8 mi | 37.4 | 19% | 1% | 12% |
| Hallennes-lez-Haubourdin 4,683 · 2.2 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 0.4% | 4% |
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 Emmerin
What is the population of Emmerin?
3,026 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (3,210).
How old are Emmerin’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Emmerin?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Emmerin?
INSEE counts 63 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Emmerin?
€29,410 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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