Above 92% of compared French towns: 35% of households are couples with children
In Rexpoëde, 5.6% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 800 households held 1,976 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in four here (26%). At 18%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 78% 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 Rexpoëde
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 7.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rexpoëde changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 77% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Half of Rexpoëde is under 41.1, younger than 72% 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
■ Rexpoëde 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Rexpoëde.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Rexpoëde, 24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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
The typical household size is 2.5 people. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.5% of households are single parents.
Households without a car make up 6.6% in Rexpoëde, less than in 76% 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
21% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.2% moved in within the last two years. On empty homes, Rexpoëde sits lower than 83% of compared French towns: 4.4%. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing make up 8.2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,580 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.
The median standard of living in Rexpoëde is €25,580 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
In Rexpoëde, 5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
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 manual worker make up 19%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, below 94% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Rexpoëde has 1.5%. 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.
Rexpoëde sits above 90% of compared French towns for married residents (50%)
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 20% in Rexpoëde. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 56% 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
Across Rexpoëde, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 1,976 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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).
Every neighbor is older than Rexpoëde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rexpoëde | 41.1 | 18% | 1.2% | 1.8% |
| Hondschoote 3,957 · 3.4 mi | 43 | 22% | 1.7% | 2.9% |
| Hoymille 3,259 · 4.7 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Wormhout 5,584 · 5 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Bergues 3,525 · 5.1 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village 8,247 · 7.3 mi | 49.5 | 22% | 3.2% | 2.6% |
| Ghyvelde 4,133 · 7.6 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 15% | 3.6% |
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 Rexpoëde
What is the population of Rexpoëde?
1,976 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,011).
How old are Rexpoëde’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rexpoëde?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rexpoëde?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rexpoëde?
€25,580 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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