More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 41%
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 2.4% in Odomez. The town’s 340 households held 945 residents at the 2023 Census. In Odomez, 0.3% of homes are second homes. With a median age of 39.6, Odomez is younger than 81% of compared French towns.
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 Odomez
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 44 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +2% change since 2012: slower than 60% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +1%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nord town ±0%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 88% of compared French towns, at 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Odomez 39.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Odomez, 12%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Odomez sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (18%)
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 share of single-parent households tops 79% of compared French towns: 12%. There are 2.8 people in the average household. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 86% of compared French towns: 12%
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
10% of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 29%.
Half above, half below €23,410 a year in standard of living
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.
At €23,410 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 67% of compared French towns: 17%
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 retired person: 30% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 7.6%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 92% of compared French towns: 2% of residents are immigrants
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Odomez, 1.2%. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 92% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 47%, a higher share than 79% 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Odomez. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 23%, a higher share than 72% 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
Here a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (945 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Odomez, 5 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Odomez | 39.6 | 16% | 0.3% | 2% |
| Vieux-Condé 10,617 · 1.7 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 1% | 6.7% |
| Hergnies 4,479 · 1.8 mi | 40.4 | 17% | 0.6% | 4.8% |
| Fresnes-sur-Escaut 7,354 · 1.8 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.7% |
| Condé-sur-l'Escaut 9,253 · 2.4 mi | 41.5 | 21% | 0.7% | 10% |
| Escautpont 4,202 · 2.4 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 0.5% | 4.8% |
| Bruay-sur-l'Escaut 11,644 · 3.7 mi | 37.4 | 16% | 0.4% | 5.9% |
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 Odomez
What is the population of Odomez?
945 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (923).
How old are Odomez’s residents?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Odomez?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Odomez?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Odomez?
€23,410 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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