Vicq ranks above 98% of compared French towns on couples with children: 39%
With a median age of 39.5, Vicq is younger than just over four fifths of compared French towns. 1,464 residents in 570 households: that is Vicq at the 2023 Census. Here, 2% of homes are flats. Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Vicq comes in at 29%.
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 Vicq
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 10% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
±0% since 2012: slower 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 change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nord town ±0%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 86% of compared French towns, at 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vicq 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 72% of compared French towns: 12%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
Only 23% of households are one person living alone in Vicq
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 2.6 people on average. Few places have as many single-parent households: 10% here, more than in 55% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Second homes make up 0.8% in Vicq, less than in 87% of compared French towns
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, 9% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few empty homes: 5.7% here, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. Households in social housing: 13% here and 12% in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,440 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 Vicq’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,440 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 96% of compared French towns: 25%
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 Vicq, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 9.5%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Vicq: 6.4% 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.
Put another way, about one in 19: 5.2% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in just over half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
44% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 54% 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
In Vicq, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Vicq ranks below 58% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 28%
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 1,464 to 2,582 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Vicq, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vicq | 39.5 | 16% | 0.8% | 6.4% |
| Quarouble 3,145 · 1.5 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.7% |
| Onnaing 8,479 · 1.5 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 0.4% | 5.1% |
| Escautpont 4,202 · 2.3 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 0.5% | 4.8% |
| Fresnes-sur-Escaut 7,354 · 2.3 mi | 40.6 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.7% |
| Crespin 4,532 · 2.5 mi | 37.1 | 17% | 1% | 7.9% |
| Quiévrechain 5,949 · 2.8 mi | 37.6 | 18% | 0.8% | 13% |
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 Vicq
What is the population of Vicq?
1,464 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,464).
How old are Vicq’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vicq?
5, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vicq?
INSEE counts 93 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 76 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vicq?
€24,440 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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