Eswars sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (20%)
Households without a car: 3.4% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 363 people lived in Eswars, in 150 households. For Eswars, the census puts empty homes at 2.5%. Half of the town’s residents are over 47.2, older than in 70% 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.
A +6% change since 2012: Eswars grew faster than 57% 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 Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +3%.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 27% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Eswars 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.4% in Eswars and 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Eswars ranks above 58% of compared French towns on couples with children: 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
Average household size: 2.4 people. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Eswars: 3.8% of homes are second homes, above 69% 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: 6.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 36%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €28,550 a year per consumption unit
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 €28,550 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Here 37% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. The wider picture: 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).
Immigrants: 3%, a lower share than 82% 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 median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 1.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Eswars, 56% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
17% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 72% 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
Graduates of higher education: 36% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 363 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Eswars
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Eswars | 47.2 | 27% | 3.8% | 3% |
| Escaudœuvres 3,171 · 1.9 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1% | 4% |
| Iwuy 3,403 · 2.6 mi | 38.2 | 18% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy 4,012 · 3.1 mi | 41.6 | 23% | 0.9% | 3.4% |
| Cambrai 31,134 · 3.4 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| Proville 3,206 · 4.8 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
| Bouchain 4,113 · 4.9 mi | 46 | 26% | 1% | 2.2% |
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 Eswars
What is the population of Eswars?
363 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (341).
How old are Eswars’ residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 70% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Eswars?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Eswars?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Eswars?
€28,550 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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