Couples with children: 43%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households without a car is 3.9% in Rombies-et-Marchipont and 11% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, 21% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a higher share than in 89% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 741, in 280 households. Here, 0.3% of homes are flats.
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 Rombies-et-Marchipont
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rombies-et-Marchipont had 775 residents at the 2012 census and 741 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 86% of compared French towns: Rombies-et-Marchipont changed by −4% since 2012
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
Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Nord.
17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 84% 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
■ Rombies-et-Marchipont 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Rombies-et-Marchipont’s residents are under 42.5, younger than in 62% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. For Rombies-et-Marchipont, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 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%.
Rombies-et-Marchipont sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (20%)
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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Rombies-et-Marchipont comes in at 7%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
Only 4.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Rombies-et-Marchipont
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
1.3% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 22: 4.6% of homes stand empty. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%.
Standard of living at the median: €29,910 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 residents live in households above €29,910 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
28% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 73% 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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Rombies-et-Marchipont. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Rombies-et-Marchipont sits below 78% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.5%)
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 (2.6%), Rombies-et-Marchipont is below 71% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A higher share of married residents than 89% of compared French towns, at 49%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single in Rombies-et-Marchipont. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
10% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 95% 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
The share of graduates of higher education tops just over four fifths of compared French towns: 41%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Ranked by age, 10th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Rombies-et-Marchipont, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rombies-et-Marchipont | 42.5 | 17% | 1.3% | 3.5% |
| Quarouble 3,145 · 2 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.7% |
| Quiévrechain 5,949 · 2.1 mi | 37.6 | 18% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Onnaing 8,479 · 2.7 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 0.4% | 5.1% |
| Crespin 4,532 · 3.4 mi | 37.1 | 17% | 1% | 7.9% |
| Saint-Saulve 10,947 · 3.9 mi | 44 | 23% | 0.7% | 6.3% |
| Marly 11,995 · 4.7 mi | 39.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.5% |
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 Rombies-et-Marchipont
What is the population of Rombies-et-Marchipont?
741 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (775).
How old are Rombies-et-Marchipont’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rombies-et-Marchipont?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rombies-et-Marchipont?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rombies-et-Marchipont?
€29,910 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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