Photo: JÄNNICK Jérémy · Public domainYounger than 93% of compared French towns: half of Escaudain is under 36.5
In Escaudain, just over a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. 15% of households are single parents. The town has fewer flats than 88% of compared French towns, at 9.1%. At the 2023 Census, 9,039 people lived in the town, in 3,570 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 Escaudain
A young town
Half of Escaudain’s residents are under 36.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Social housing
32% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 16% rent privately and 51% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Escaudain’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 73% 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 +6% from 2012 to 2017 and −6% from 2017 to 2023.
17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer 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
■ Escaudain 36.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Escaudain has 13%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Above 85% of compared French towns: 32% 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
31% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
More households in social housing than 94% of compared French towns: 32%
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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 0.5% in Escaudain. Here, a fifth of households have no car. More empty homes than in 68% of compared French towns: 8.5%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%.
Standard of living at the median: €19,690 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.
At €19,690 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 30.0%.
3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 94% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 27% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 9.4% of 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).
In Escaudain, 5.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 60% 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.
On the census count, 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More single residents than 77% of compared French towns: 30%
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 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Escaudain has 38%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns: 16%
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
With adults with no qualification at 29%, Escaudain is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 8,877 to 9,189
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 Magny-le-Hongre (34.9), the youngest, and Capbreton (53.9), the oldest.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Escaudain are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Escaudain
What is the population of Escaudain?
9,039 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (9,114).
How old are Escaudain’s residents?
The median age is 36.5, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Escaudain?
20, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Escaudain?
INSEE counts 480 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 350 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Escaudain?
€19,690 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 30.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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