Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.2% of homes are flats
2.8% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). There were 150 households in Gussignies at the 2023 Census, home to 353 residents. Put another way, about one in 15: 6.7% of households are single parents. Higher than in 83% of compared French towns: 7% of homes are second homes.
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 Gussignies
Immigrants
INSEE counts 200 immigrants in Gussignies (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 43% of residents, against 4.1% for the median compared commune in Nord. 40% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −6%, then +6% to 2023. Over those years, the median Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
13% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 86% 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
■ Gussignies 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Gussignies’s residents are over 46.6, older than in two thirds of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over: 20% of the total.
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%.
Below 88% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
6.4% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 54% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 19% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.5% (under two years).
A typical living standard of €29,380 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 Gussignies is €29,380 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
Gussignies ranks below 72% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 6.5%
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 make up 30%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%. On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 43%
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Gussignies has 40%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Gussignies: 50% of residents 15 and over are married, above 91% 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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Gussignies, less than in 90% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 36%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Gussignies is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gussignies | 46.6 | 20% | 7% | 43% |
| Bavay 3,249 · 3.7 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Quiévrechain 5,949 · 5.2 mi | 37.6 | 18% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Crespin 4,532 · 6.4 mi | 37.1 | 17% | 1% | 7.9% |
| Quarouble 3,145 · 6.5 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.7% |
| Onnaing 8,479 · 7.4 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 0.4% | 5.1% |
| Le Quesnoy 4,878 · 7.7 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.6% | 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 Gussignies
What is the population of Gussignies?
353 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (356).
How old are Gussignies’ residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gussignies?
12, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gussignies?
INSEE counts 150 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 43% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (40%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gussignies?
€29,380 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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