Nomain sits below 98% of compared French towns for one-person households (22%)
By its share of flats (6.6%), Nomain is below 93% of compared French towns. Few places have so few households in social housing: 5.2% here, fewer than in 85% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 2,651 residents in 1,090 households. The census found that nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manager or professional in the town.
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 Nomain
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.5% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 61% of compared French towns: Nomain changed by +7% since 2012
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Younger than 57% of compared French towns: half of Nomain is under 43.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Nomain 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Nomain, 20%. Across Nomain, just over one in ten 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%.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 34% of households are couples with children
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 2.4 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. 9.5% of households are single parents, or about one in 11.
Nomain sits below 86% of compared French towns for households without a car (5.2%)
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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 5.1% in Nomain. Lower than in 92% of compared French towns: 0.6% of homes are second homes. Across the comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €30,860 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 €30,860 a year: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 8.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 69% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
On the census count, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Nomain ranks below 81% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.1%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. 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.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 50% of residents 15 and over are married
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 make up 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Nomain: 46% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 89% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten adults out of school have no qualification in Nomain. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 12th youngest of 41 French towns of 2,625 to 2,680 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Roissy-en-France is the youngest (34); Longeville-sur-Mer the oldest (62.9).
Nomain sits below 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nomain | 43.1 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.1% |
| Orchies 8,396 · 2 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Genech 2,803 · 2.2 mi | 39.9 | 16% | 1.1% | 3.3% |
| Landas 2,518 · 3 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Beuvry-la-Forêt 2,861 · 3.6 mi | 44.1 | 21% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle 7,202 · 3.6 mi | 43 | 19% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
| Coutiches 3,436 · 4.1 mi | 40 | 16% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
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 Nomain
What is the population of Nomain?
2,651 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (2,470).
How old are Nomain’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nomain?
7, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nomain?
INSEE counts 82 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nomain?
€30,860 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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