Lesquin is younger than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.4
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (22%), Lesquin is above 91% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in three: 31% of households are couples with children. Fewer empty homes than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 4.7%. The town is home to 9,600 residents in 4,010 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Lesquin
Growing fast
Lesquin had 6,690 residents at the 2012 census and 9,600 in 2023, up 43%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Lesquin’s residents are under 37.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +43% since 2012 puts Lesquin ahead of 99% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% for the median Nord town, the change came in two steps: +23% from 2012 to 2017, then +16% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 14% in Lesquin, less than in 93% 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
■ Lesquin 37.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 13%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
9.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 63% 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 here average 2.3 people each. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 35% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns.
Lesquin: 20% of households rent social housing (HLM), above 77% 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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Lesquin has 35%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Second homes: 0.9% of the total. The town has fewer households without a car than 50% of compared French towns, at 11%.
Median standard of living: €28,480 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 Lesquin’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,480 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 75% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 10.0% of residents.
Lesquin sits below 91% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (23%)
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 manual worker is 10% in Lesquin and 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 32% 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).
More foreign nationals than 61% of compared French towns: 5.6%
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.
7.7% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). Immigrants make up a share higher than in 59% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Lesquin
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 29% of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns, at 47%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 14%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (9,431 to 9,772 people), the 3rd 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 Montlhéry (34.7), the youngest, and Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire (54.4), the oldest.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Lesquin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lesquin | 37.4 | 14% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Ronchin 19,787 · 1.3 mi | 37.3 | 17% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Lezennes 2,978 · 1.8 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 0.9% | 6.6% |
| Faches-Thumesnil 18,619 · 1.8 mi | 37.8 | 18% | 0.7% | 11% |
| Sainghin-en-Mélantois 2,840 · 2.5 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Fretin 3,214 · 2.6 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 1% | 1.6% |
| Templemars 3,669 · 2.6 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0.5% | 2.9% |
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 Lesquin
What is the population of Lesquin?
9,600 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 43% more than in 2012 (6,690).
How old are Lesquin’s residents?
The median age is 37.4, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lesquin?
38, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lesquin?
INSEE counts 740 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.7% of residents, and 540 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lesquin?
€28,480 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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