Spycker: 40% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
2.3% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Spycker has fewer households without a car than 95% of compared French towns, at 3.8%. Census day 2023: 1,718 residents and 660 households in the town. In Spycker, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
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 Spycker
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 51% of compared French towns grew faster than Spycker: +5%
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 +10%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Younger than 56% of compared French towns: half of Spycker is under 43.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Spycker 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 18%, a lower share than 99% 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 average household has 2.6 people. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. On single-parent households, Spycker sits higher than 58% of compared French towns: 11%.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.3%
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
The figure for second homes is 0.6% in Spycker and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 5.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats.
Half above, half below €27,880 a year in 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.
Half of Spycker’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,880 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
6.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 70% 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
31% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. For Spycker, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 13%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Spycker has 0.3%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 58% of residents 15 and over are married
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Spycker has 19%. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 57% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Put another way, about one in three: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Spycker and its 6 nearest towns: 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Spycker | 43.3 | 18% | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| Cappelle-la-Grande 7,839 · 2.8 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 0.3% | 2% |
| Grande-Synthe 20,239 · 3.2 mi | 36.9 | 17% | 0.6% | 16% |
| Coudekerque-Branche 20,787 · 4.6 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.9% | 3.4% |
| Loon-Plage 5,952 · 4.8 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 0.7% | 1.5% |
| Bergues 3,525 · 4.9 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Dunkerque 86,263 · 5 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 3.9% | 7.1% |
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 Spycker
What is the population of Spycker?
1,718 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,644).
How old are Spycker’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Spycker?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Spycker?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Spycker?
€27,880 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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