A smaller share of empty homes than 96% of compared French towns: 3%
Half of Roncq’s residents are under 41.7, younger than in 68% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Roncq was home to 14,075 people in 6,070 households. In Roncq, 0.3% of homes are second homes. Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Roncq comes in at 22%.
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, Roncq has grown +5%, faster than 52% 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, +5%.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roncq 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 28% in Roncq, more than in 64% 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 share of single-parent households is 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up about one in three here (33%).
Roncq sits above 53% of compared French towns for flats (32%)
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
A fifth of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.7% moved in within the last two years. At 10%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
€27,760 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 €27,760 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 68% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 10.0% of residents.
Roncq ranks above 71% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 14%
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (12%), Roncq is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. In Roncq, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Roncq: 5.7% 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.
The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 18 here (5.7%). 3.8% of residents are foreign nationals, about the same as 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.
In Roncq, 44% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 57% 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
Few places have as many single residents: 26% here, more than in 57% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Roncq, 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 70% 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
Here, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (13,721 to 14,464 people), the 16th oldest
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 Fleury-Mérogis (30.2), the oldest Douarnenez (55.6).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Roncq
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roncq | 41.7 | 20% | 0.3% | 5.7% |
| Linselles 8,161 · 1.8 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 0.4% | 3.4% |
| Neuville-en-Ferrain 10,002 · 1.9 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 0.3% | 4.9% |
| Tourcoing 98,772 · 2.3 mi | 35.2 | 14% | 0.6% | 14% |
| Halluin 20,715 · 2.3 mi | 39.4 | 16% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Bousbecque 4,978 · 2.5 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Bondues 9,747 · 2.8 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 0.7% | 3.4% |
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 Roncq
What is the population of Roncq?
14,075 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (13,366).
How old are Roncq’s residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roncq?
20, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roncq?
INSEE counts 800 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 540 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roncq?
€27,760 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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