Photo: Jérémy-Günther-Heinz Jähnick · CC BY-SA 3.0Below 94% of compared French towns: 6% of homes are flats
Couples with children: 31%, above nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Across Quarouble, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker. Fewer second homes than in 93% of compared French towns: 0.6%. The 2023 Census counted 3,145 residents in 1,340 households.
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.
Quarouble changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, 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
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%.
20% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 67% 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
■ Quarouble 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. The median age in Quarouble is 43.7, lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 76% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 64% of compared French towns: 11%. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Households in social housing make up 9.1% in Quarouble, less than in 65% of compared French towns
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
In Quarouble, 8.7% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 32% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.9% (under two years). The town has more households without a car than 54% of compared French towns, at 11%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
€24,640 a year: the median 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 €24,640 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 14.0% of residents.
Quarouble ranks above 75% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 37%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 6.4%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Quarouble sits below 76% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.7%)
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.4%), Quarouble is below 73% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Married residents make up 47% in Quarouble, more than in 76% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Quarouble comes in at 22%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Quarouble sits below 75% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
At 20%, the share of adults with no qualification is higher than in 57% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 Longperrier (33.7), the youngest, and La Tranche-sur-Mer (64.6), the oldest.
Quarouble and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarouble | 43.7 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.7% |
| Onnaing 8,479 · 1.1 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 0.4% | 5.1% |
| Quiévrechain 5,949 · 2 mi | 37.6 | 18% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Crespin 4,532 · 2.5 mi | 37.1 | 17% | 1% | 7.9% |
| Saint-Saulve 10,947 · 3.1 mi | 44 | 23% | 0.7% | 6.3% |
| Escautpont 4,202 · 3.4 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 0.5% | 4.8% |
| Bruay-sur-l'Escaut 11,644 · 3.6 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 Quarouble
What is the population of Quarouble?
3,145 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (3,058).
How old are Quarouble’s residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Quarouble?
9, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Quarouble?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 75 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Quarouble?
€24,640 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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