More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 42%
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 1.4% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Fewer flats than in 94% of compared French towns: 5.7%. At the 2023 Census, 922 people lived in Louvil, in 360 households. 4.9% of households have no car, or about one in 20.
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 Louvil
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 4.2% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
60% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 27% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +8% change since 2012: faster than 64% 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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and +12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Nord.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Louvil 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Louvil’s residents are under 41.9, younger than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. For Louvil, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 97% of compared French towns: 23%
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
On average, 2.6 people share a household. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 4.2%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Louvil ranks below 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 0.5%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Census figures put empty homes at 4.8% in Louvil. Some 8.7% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 28% who have been there 30 years or more.
A typical living standard of €35,980 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 €35,980 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 30% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Louvil has 30%. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
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.
1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Louvil: 52% of residents 15 and over are married, above 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Louvil has 19%. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Louvil: 60% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 98% 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
Nearly one in ten adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 922 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Louvil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Louvil | 41.9 | 19% | 0.5% | 2.2% |
| Cysoing 4,839 · 1.2 mi | 44.1 | 22% | 1.4% | 3.3% |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle 7,202 · 2.2 mi | 43 | 19% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
| Genech 2,803 · 2.3 mi | 39.9 | 16% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Sainghin-en-Mélantois 2,840 · 2.4 mi | 44 | 22% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Fretin 3,214 · 2.5 mi | 42.1 | 18% | 1% | 1.6% |
| Chéreng 3,078 · 3.7 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 0.7% | 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 Louvil
What is the population of Louvil?
922 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (853).
How old are Louvil’s residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Louvil?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Louvil?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Louvil?
€35,980 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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