Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.2% of homes are flats
Just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). In 2023, the Census found 2,024 residents in Godewaersvelde, living in 830 households. Put another way, about one in four: 27% of households are one person living alone. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 19% here, fewer than in 74% 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 Godewaersvelde
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 3% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 68% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Nord town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
In Godewaersvelde, 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 84% 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
■ Godewaersvelde 43. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Godewaersvelde is 43, lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Godewaersvelde: 35% of households are couples with children, above 92% of compared French towns
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. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 4.1% in Godewaersvelde, less than in 86% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 25% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.1% (under two years). Fewer households in social housing than in 71% of compared French towns: 7.9%. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. 3.7% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,880 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,880 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Godewaersvelde ranks above 67% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 13%
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 31% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. For comparison, 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).
Godewaersvelde sits below 85% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.7%)
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 79% of compared French towns: 2%. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town 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 married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
The share of single residents trails 87% of compared French towns: 21%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 34%, a higher share than 63% 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
For Godewaersvelde, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,024 to 2,582 people), the 12th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Godewaersvelde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godewaersvelde | 43 | 19% | 3.7% | 2.7% |
| Steenvoorde 4,332 · 3 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Bailleul 14,732 · 5.8 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.8% | 2.9% |
| Hazebrouck 21,912 · 6.7 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Vieux-Berquin 2,628 · 6.8 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Morbecque 2,573 · 9 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Steenwerck 3,450 · 9 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 0.5% | 1.4% |
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 Godewaersvelde
What is the population of Godewaersvelde?
2,024 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,016).
How old are Godewaersvelde’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Godewaersvelde?
33, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Godewaersvelde?
INSEE counts 55 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Godewaersvelde?
€26,880 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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