A higher share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns, at 38%
Here 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. In 2023, the Census found 690 residents in Oudezeele, living in 270 households. Flats: 3.3% of the total. At 5.2%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 85% 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 Oudezeele
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 7.8% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Oudezeele’s residents are under 38 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+3% since 2012: slower than 58% 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, +2% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Nord.
Younger than 88% of compared French towns: half of Oudezeele is under 38
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Oudezeele 38. The median compared French town: 44.
In Oudezeele, 16% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Oudezeele ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 21%
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
In Oudezeele, 7.8% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.6 people share a household. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
More empty homes than 71% of compared French towns: 8.8%
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
Turnover: 9.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 20% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Fewer households without a car than in 65% of compared French towns: 8.2%. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. One household in 12 has no car (median compared French town: 11%).
At the median, €26,400 a year to live on
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 Oudezeele’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,400 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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
Oudezeele has more households headed by a manager or professional than just over half of compared French towns, at 9.5%. Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 50% of compared French towns: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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 median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 0.6% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents make up 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Oudezeele ranks above 54% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 31%
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 adults with no qualification stands at 19%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 690 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Oudezeele
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oudezeele | 38 | 16% | 1.8% | 0.9% |
| Wormhout 5,584 · 3.4 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Steenvoorde 4,332 · 3.5 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Hazebrouck 21,912 · 8 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Bergues 3,525 · 9.6 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Hoymille 3,259 · 9.7 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Hondschoote 3,957 · 10.2 mi | 43 | 22% | 1.7% | 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 Oudezeele
What is the population of Oudezeele?
690 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (671).
How old are Oudezeele’s residents?
The median age is 38, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oudezeele?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oudezeele?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oudezeele?
€26,400 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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