41% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
With residents aged 65 and over at 17%, Lederzeele is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. 703 residents in 270 households: that is Lederzeele at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 1.7%. This Nord town has fewer households without a car than 84% of compared French towns, at 5.5%.
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 Lederzeele
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 3.8% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Lederzeele had 585 residents at the 2012 census and 703 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Lederzeele has grown +20%, faster than 90% 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
The median Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +16% and the next six +4%.
A median age of 38.8: Lederzeele is younger than 85% 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
■ Lederzeele 38.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Lederzeele.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Only 19% of households are one person living alone in Lederzeele
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
The average household has 2.7 people. 3.8% of households are single parents, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
In Lederzeele, 9.8% of homes stand empty, more than in 78% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes: 1%, below four fifths of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €26,120 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,120 a year: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Only 12% of households are headed by a manual worker in Lederzeele
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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 7.9%, below 60% of compared French towns. By contrast, 34% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 58% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1% of residents are immigrants, below 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. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Lederzeele, 22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 79% 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
The figure for married residents is 46% in Lederzeele and 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Lederzeele: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 54% 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
29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 703 to 2,582 people, the 2nd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Lederzeele, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lederzeele | 38.8 | 17% | 1% | 1% |
| Watten 2,564 · 3.7 mi | 43 | 23% | 2.9% | 1% |
| Saint-Omer 14,382 · 4.8 mi | 36.7 | 17% | 2.4% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem 5,843 · 5.5 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1% | 2.7% |
| Éperlecques 3,737 · 5.7 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 3.4% | 0.5% |
| Arques 9,431 · 5.7 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Longuenesse 10,548 · 5.8 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.8% |
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 Lederzeele
What is the population of Lederzeele?
703 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (585).
How old are Lederzeele’s residents?
The median age is 38.8, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lederzeele?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lederzeele?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lederzeele?
€26,120 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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