Half of Halluin is under 39.4, younger than 82% of compared French towns
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker in Halluin. Its 8,510 households held 20,715 residents at the 2023 Census. Roughly two in ten: 20% of households rent social housing (HLM). On couples with children, Halluin sits higher than 81% of compared French towns: 31%.
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 ±0% change since 2012: slower than 71% 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
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 85% of compared French towns: 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Halluin 39.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13%, above 85% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Halluin, 32% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 66% 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
Where one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Halluin has 11%. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people.
4.8% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 77% 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
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Halluin, 1.1%. Flats are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 12% of households have no car, or about one in eight.
At the median, €23,950 a year to live on
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 Halluin’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,950 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 72% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 19.0% of residents.
28% of households are headed by a retired person, below 75% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (8.2%), Halluin is below 58% of compared French towns. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
11% of residents are immigrants, a share 74% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 8.2% of residents are foreign nationals here. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Above 69% of compared French towns: 28% of residents 15 and over are single
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
By its share of married residents (45%), Halluin is above 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (26%), Halluin is below 63% of compared French towns. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 20,143 to 21,379 people: this is the 20th 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.
Carrières-sous-Poissy is the youngest (32.6); Concarneau the oldest (53.9).
Of the 6 towns nearest Halluin, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Halluin | 39.4 | 16% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Bousbecque 4,978 · 2.3 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Roncq 14,075 · 2.3 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 0.3% | 5.7% |
| Neuville-en-Ferrain 10,002 · 2.6 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 0.3% | 4.9% |
| Wervicq-Sud 5,426 · 3.4 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 0.4% | 8.5% |
| Linselles 8,161 · 3.4 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 0.4% | 3.4% |
| Tourcoing 98,772 · 4 mi | 35.2 | 14% | 0.6% | 14% |
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 Halluin
What is the population of Halluin?
20,715 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (20,770).
How old are Halluin’s residents?
The median age is 39.4, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Halluin?
98, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Halluin?
INSEE counts 2,230 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 1,700 foreign nationals (8.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Halluin?
€23,950 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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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