Photo: © Pierre André · CC BY-SA 4.0Only 8.1% of homes are flats in Houplin-Ancoisne
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 19% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Houplin-Ancoisne. This Nord town counted 3,326 residents and 1,410 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in four: 28% of households are one person living alone. Households in social housing are more common here than in just over three quarters 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.
Houplin-Ancoisne’s population moved −4% on 2012, less than in 85% 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 those years, the median Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −2%, then −2% to 2023.
Younger than 55% of compared French towns: half of Houplin-Ancoisne is under 43.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Houplin-Ancoisne 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Houplin-Ancoisne. Little separates the share of residents aged 15 to 24 here, 11%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Houplin-Ancoisne sits above 76% of compared French towns for couples with children (30%)
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Higher than in 64% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Houplin-Ancoisne sits below 71% of compared French towns for households without a car (7.3%)
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
Empty homes make up 4.9%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 72% of compared French towns: 1.2% of homes are second homes. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 5.1% of households arrived within the last two years, while 30% have stayed 30 years or more.
The median resident lives on €28,770 a year per consumption unit
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 Houplin-Ancoisne is €28,770 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 77% of compared French towns. 7.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
Only 9.9% of households are headed by a manual worker in Houplin-Ancoisne
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 Houplin-Ancoisne. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% 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).
Only 3.1% of residents are immigrants in Houplin-Ancoisne
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.
In Houplin-Ancoisne, 2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 81% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 81% 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: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 79% of compared French towns: 40%
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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Houplin-Ancoisne, 18%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,299 to 3,356 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.
Saint-Maximin is the youngest (36.4); Roscoff the oldest (61.5).
Houplin-Ancoisne is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houplin-Ancoisne | 43.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 3.1% |
| Emmerin 3,026 · 1.5 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 0.2% | 2.1% |
| Gondecourt 4,148 · 1.8 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.8% | 2.1% |
| Santes 5,652 · 2 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 0.5% | 2% |
| Wavrin 7,758 · 2.4 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 1% | 2.2% |
| Seclin 13,261 · 2.4 mi | 39.6 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.4% |
| Wattignies 15,525 · 2.4 mi | 37.4 | 19% | 1% | 12% |
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 Houplin-Ancoisne
What is the population of Houplin-Ancoisne?
3,326 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (3,464).
How old are Houplin-Ancoisne’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Houplin-Ancoisne?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Houplin-Ancoisne?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 67 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Houplin-Ancoisne?
€28,770 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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