Flats make up 3.3% in Haverskerque, less than in 98% of compared French towns
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Haverskerque. Its 570 households held 1,376 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 3.5% here, fewer than in 95% 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 Haverskerque
Fewer residents than in 2012
Haverskerque had 1,505 residents at the 2012 census and 1,376 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 96% of compared French towns grew faster than Haverskerque: −9%
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Nord town ±0%.
Older than 66% of compared French towns: half of Haverskerque is over 46.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Haverskerque 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Haverskerque: 30% of households are couples with children, above 77% 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on single-parent households: 9.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 8.1% of households have no car
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
Some 9.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 32% who have been there 30 years or more. Elsewhere, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 7.2%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,460 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.
Half of Haverskerque’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,460 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
In Haverskerque, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 77% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are headed by a retired person in Haverskerque. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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 99% of compared French towns. The share of foreign nationals stands at 0.3%. By way of comparison, 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 95% of compared French towns: 51% of residents 15 and over are married
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 fifth of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 22% in Haverskerque, less than in 78% 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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification here. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Haverskerque, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Haverskerque | 46.5 | 22% | 1.9% | 0.7% |
| Saint-Venant 2,999 · 1.3 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.4% | 2% |
| Morbecque 2,573 · 3.4 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Merville 9,808 · 4 mi | 39 | 18% | 1.2% | 1.8% |
| Isbergues 8,650 · 4 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Vieux-Berquin 2,628 · 5.5 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Gonnehem 2,525 · 5.5 mi | 45.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 0.8% |
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 Haverskerque
What is the population of Haverskerque?
1,376 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,505).
How old are Haverskerque’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Haverskerque?
12, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Haverskerque?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Haverskerque?
€26,460 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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