5.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 83% of compared French towns
12% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. At the 2023 Census, 4,332 people lived in Steenvoorde, in 1,900 households. Census figures put single-parent households at 8% locally. Higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 25% 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.
Steenvoorde grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 61% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nord town ±0%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +8%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Older than 58% of compared French towns: half of Steenvoorde is over 45.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Steenvoorde 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are one person living alone, below 68% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Steenvoorde has 27%. The average household has 2.2 people. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Steenvoorde sits above 61% of compared French towns for empty homes (7.7%)
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
At 1.5%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. Households without a car come to 12% in Steenvoorde, about one in ten.
Standard of living at the median: €25,720 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 Steenvoorde is €25,720 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns. 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
In Steenvoorde, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 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
32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Steenvoorde. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 11 here (8.8%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 90% 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.
The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Steenvoorde, the census puts foreign nationals at 1.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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
The figure for married residents is 47% in Steenvoorde and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Steenvoorde ranks above 68% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 23%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 15th youngest of 41 French towns of 4,298 to 4,366 people
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 Tigery (33.7), the oldest Le Château-d'Oléron (55).
Steenvoorde and its 6 nearest towns: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Steenvoorde | 45.3 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Hazebrouck 21,912 · 6.3 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Wormhout 5,584 · 6.8 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Vieux-Berquin 2,628 · 8.3 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 0.8% | 1.1% |
| Bailleul 14,732 · 8.6 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 0.8% | 2.9% |
| Morbecque 2,573 · 8.9 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Hondschoote 3,957 · 11.5 mi | 43 | 22% | 1.7% | 2.9% |
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 Steenvoorde
What is the population of Steenvoorde?
4,332 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (4,030).
How old are Steenvoorde’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Steenvoorde?
32, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Steenvoorde?
INSEE counts 91 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 59 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Steenvoorde?
€25,720 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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