Empty homes: 3.3%, a lower share than 94% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional: 16% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. More households in social housing than in three quarters of compared French towns: 19%. Linselles’s 3,560 households held 8,161 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Linselles, 0.4% of homes are second homes.
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.
+1% since 2012, a pace below 67% 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: +3% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Half of Linselles is over 45.2, older than 58% 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
■ Linselles 45.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Linselles, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over in the town.
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%.
A larger share of couples with children than 62% of compared French towns: 27%
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 typical household size is 2.2 people. At 8.7%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 71% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Locally, a third of households are one person living alone.
A smaller share of flats than 61% of compared French towns: 24%
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
One household in 10 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Recent arrivals (under two years) make up nearly one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 22%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,230 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 residents live in households above €28,230 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 73% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 9.0%.
Above 67% of compared French towns: 36% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Linselles has 12%. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 78% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.2%), Linselles is below just over three quarters of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
In Linselles, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 69% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Linselles: 39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 76% 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
For Linselles, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 8,050 to 8,268 people: this is the 20th 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.
Mazingarbe is the youngest (35.8); Bandol the oldest (61.1).
Linselles sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Linselles | 45.2 | 23% | 0.4% | 3.4% |
| Roncq 14,075 · 1.8 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 0.3% | 5.7% |
| Bousbecque 4,978 · 2.1 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Bondues 9,747 · 2.2 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 0.7% | 3.4% |
| Wervicq-Sud 5,426 · 2.6 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 0.4% | 8.5% |
| Comines 12,731 · 3.4 mi | 40.7 | 17% | 1.3% | 8.4% |
| Halluin 20,715 · 3.4 mi | 39.4 | 16% | 1.1% | 11% |
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 Linselles
What is the population of Linselles?
8,161 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (8,104).
How old are Linselles’ residents?
The median age is 45.2, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Linselles?
15, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Linselles?
INSEE counts 280 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 180 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Linselles?
€28,230 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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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