Flats: 5.9%, a lower share than 94% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Holque comes in at 4.2%. In 2023, the Census found 837 residents locally, living in 360 households. The census found that 27% of households are one person living alone locally. Empty homes are rarer here than in 85% 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 Holque
Fewer residents than in 2012
Holque had 915 residents at the 2012 census and 837 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Holque changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 95% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and −7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Nord.
Holque is older than 66% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Holque 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 12% in Holque and 11% in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 8.1% of households are single parents
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
27% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Households here average 2.3 people each. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
Second homes make up 0.8% in Holque, less than in 88% 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
By its share of households without a car (9.1%), Holque is below 59% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing come to 10% locally, about one in ten.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,200 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 Holque’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,200 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 28% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 38% in Holque and 32% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 96% of compared French towns: 1.5%
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, Holque has 1%. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 96% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 87% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
In Holque, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Holque
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Holque has 26%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (837 to 2,582 people), the 18th oldest
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).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Holque
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Holque | 46.4 | 23% | 0.8% | 1.5% |
| Watten 2,564 · 1.7 mi | 43 | 23% | 2.9% | 1% |
| Éperlecques 3,737 · 3.1 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 3.4% | 0.5% |
| Audruicq 5,309 · 5.7 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.4% | 0.9% |
| Bourbourg 6,931 · 6.3 mi | 40.4 | 21% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem 5,843 · 7.1 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Omer 14,382 · 7.4 mi | 36.7 | 17% | 2.4% | 5.5% |
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 Holque
What is the population of Holque?
837 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (915).
How old are Holque’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Holque?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Holque?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Holque?
€24,200 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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