Uxem ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 40%
0.4% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Households in social housing account for 2.2%. Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 23% here, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. Uxem had 1,518 residents in 600 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Uxem
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 93 second homes and occasional dwellings in Uxem, 13% of its 690 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 1.1% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 9.2% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
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
Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 2.7%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. 13% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%).
A +10% change since 2012: faster than 70% 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 population moved +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Only 17% of residents are 65 or over in Uxem
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Uxem 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 40.8, Uxem is younger than 75% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of households are one person living alone
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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. Uxem has fewer single-parent households than 64% of compared French towns, at 9.2%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A median of €29,210 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,210 a year: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 15% in Uxem, more than in 76% 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
For Uxem, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 14%. Set beside that, nearly one in ten 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.7%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
The share of married residents is 54%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Uxem sits below 89% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (12%)
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
Graduates of higher education: 40%, above four fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
Uxem is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uxem | 40.8 | 17% | 13% | 1.7% |
| Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village 8,247 · 2.2 mi | 49.5 | 22% | 3.2% | 2.6% |
| Leffrinckoucke 4,078 · 2.6 mi | 52.1 | 28% | 3% | 3.4% |
| Ghyvelde 4,133 · 2.6 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 15% | 3.6% |
| Hoymille 3,259 · 3.7 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Bray-Dunes 4,189 · 3.8 mi | 52.7 | 32% | 56% | 4.8% |
| Coudekerque-Branche 20,787 · 4.1 mi | 43 | 20% | 0.9% | 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 Uxem
What is the population of Uxem?
1,518 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,378).
How old are Uxem’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Uxem?
93, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Uxem?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Uxem?
€29,210 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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