Photo: Felouch Kotek · CC BY-SA 3.0A higher share of households without a car than 82% of compared French towns, at 20%
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Hazebrouck has 13%. At the 2023 Census Hazebrouck was home to 21,912 people in 10,050 households. Households headed by a manual worker come to 19% locally, about two in ten. Compared with other places, households in social housing are common here: 16%, more than in 64% 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.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 69% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nord town ±0%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −2%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%.
A median age of 43.3: Hazebrouck is younger than 56% 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
■ Hazebrouck 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 66% of compared French towns: 22%
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 just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Hazebrouck has 38%. Across Hazebrouck, just over one in ten households are single parents. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Only 1% of homes are second homes in Hazebrouck
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
On empty homes, 5.9% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years).
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,680 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,680 a year: lower than in 75% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 15.9% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 63% of compared French towns: 7.6%
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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 34% in Hazebrouck and 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.3%), Hazebrouck is below nearly three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Hazebrouck, 40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 71% 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
Single residents account for 26%. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 25%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 21,238 to 22,567 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.
The youngest is Loos (33), the oldest Gujan-Mestras (52.5).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Hazebrouck
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hazebrouck | 43.3 | 23% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Morbecque 2,573 · 2.6 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Vieux-Berquin 2,628 · 4.6 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Steenvoorde 4,332 · 6.3 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Merville 9,808 · 7 mi | 39 | 18% | 1.2% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Venant 2,999 · 7.1 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 1.4% | 2% |
| Isbergues 8,650 · 8.2 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 1.2% | 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 Hazebrouck
What is the population of Hazebrouck?
21,912 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (21,866).
How old are Hazebrouck’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hazebrouck?
110, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hazebrouck?
INSEE counts 690 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 510 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hazebrouck?
€23,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.9% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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