1.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
45% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Lauwin-Planque counted 1,608 residents and 650 households at the 2023 Census. For Lauwin-Planque, the census puts one-person households at 24%. On residents aged 65 and over, Lauwin-Planque sits higher than 65% of compared French towns: 25%.
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 Lauwin-Planque
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lauwin-Planque had 1,784 residents at the 2012 census and 1,608 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −10% since 2012, behind 97% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Half of Lauwin-Planque is over 46, older than 63% 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
■ Lauwin-Planque 46. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, a higher share than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 31%, a higher share than 78% 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
Households average 2.4 people. Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 9.9% of households are single parents. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Lauwin-Planque, 0.4% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 97% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 33%. Lower than in two thirds of compared French towns: 7.9% of households have no car. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. One household in 13 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
Median standard of living: €26,200 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,200 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 9.9% in Lauwin-Planque, less 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
On the census count, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. Elsewhere, 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).
Lauwin-Planque ranks below 88% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.3%
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 88% of compared French towns. For Lauwin-Planque, the census puts foreign nationals at 1.3%. 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.
A larger share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Lauwin-Planque has 23%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Lauwin-Planque, less than in 69% 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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Lauwin-Planque comes in at 34%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 1,608 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Lauwin-Planque
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lauwin-Planque | 46 | 25% | 0.4% | 2.3% |
| Cuincy 6,467 · 0.8 mi | 44 | 23% | 0.4% | 4.7% |
| Flers-en-Escrebieux 5,424 · 1.1 mi | 39.4 | 19% | 0.5% | 5.1% |
| Auby 7,083 · 1.7 mi | 40.2 | 20% | 0.3% | 7.3% |
| Douai 40,250 · 1.9 mi | 37.8 | 19% | 1.5% | 8.1% |
| Courcelles-lès-Lens 7,830 · 2.2 mi | 36 | 14% | 0.4% | 5.1% |
| Waziers 7,266 · 2.8 mi | 37.6 | 17% | 0.4% | 9.4% |
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 Lauwin-Planque
What is the population of Lauwin-Planque?
1,608 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (1,784).
How old are Lauwin-Planque’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lauwin-Planque?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lauwin-Planque?
INSEE counts 38 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lauwin-Planque?
€26,200 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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