Households in social housing make up 1.8% in Mouchin, less than in 97% of compared French towns
Households without a car make up 3.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Mouchin’s 620 households held 1,491 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. On flats, Mouchin sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 7.4%.
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 Mouchin
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 4% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 17% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Mouchin’s population changed by +7% since 2012, more than in 59% 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 ±0% and the next six +7%.
Half of Mouchin is under 41.2, younger than 72% 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
■ Mouchin 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Mouchin, 19%. On the census count, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns, at 35%
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
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 4% in Mouchin. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
Mouchin ranks below 89% of compared French towns on second homes: 0.7%
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
Some one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 24% who have been there 30 years or more. Locally, 7.4% of homes stand empty. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €31,120 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 €31,120 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 16% in Mouchin, more than in 80% 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
Households headed by a manual worker make up 9.7%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. 27% of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in four.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3% of residents are immigrants, below 82% 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 share of foreign nationals is 2.1%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 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.
Mouchin: 54% of residents 15 and over are married, above 98% 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
Single residents: 18%, below 97% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 10% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
The share of graduates of higher education tops 91% of compared French towns: 47%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
6th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,491 to 2,582
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 Mouchin, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Mouchin
What is the population of Mouchin?
1,491 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,393).
How old are Mouchin’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Mouchin?
5, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Mouchin?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Mouchin?
€31,120 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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