A smaller share of flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.6%
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 24% in Renescure and 14% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 5.8% of households are single parents. Lower than in 65% of compared French towns: 8.2% of households have no car. At the 2023 Census, 2,113 people lived in the town, in 950 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.
Since 2012, Renescure has changed by +1%, slower than 64% 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 ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 78% of compared French towns: 9.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Renescure 45. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Renescure is 45, higher than in 57% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Renescure, 29% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. In Renescure, 26% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households in social housing than 58% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Without a car: one household in 12, against 11% in the median compared French town. For Renescure, the census puts second homes at 1.4%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,320 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.
Half of Renescure’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,320 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 10.0% of residents.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 79% of compared French towns: 5.8%
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 make up about one in three here (33%). The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.8% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.4% in Renescure. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 96% 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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Renescure comes in at 50%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Renescure ranks below 72% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 24%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Renescure has 24%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,113 to 2,582 people), the 20th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Renescure is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Renescure | 45 | 22% | 1.4% | 0.8% |
| Arques 9,431 · 3.3 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Blendecques 4,859 · 4.4 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Longuenesse 10,548 · 5 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Omer 14,382 · 5.2 mi | 36.7 | 17% | 2.4% | 5.5% |
| Wizernes 3,321 · 6.4 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem 5,843 · 6.5 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1% | 2.7% |
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 Renescure
What is the population of Renescure?
2,113 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (2,085).
How old are Renescure’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Renescure?
14, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Renescure?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Renescure?
€25,320 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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