Flats make up 1.8% in Wallers, less than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for households in social housing is 21% in Wallers and 12% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Wallers was home to 5,633 people in 2,310 households. About one in three: that is how common couples with children are in Wallers (33%). On households headed by a manual worker, Wallers sits higher than 75% of compared French towns: 18%.
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.
+1% since 2012: slower than 64% 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
In two steps, ±0% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Nord.
Half of Wallers is under 41.3, younger than 71% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wallers 41.3. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town. In Wallers, 20% of residents are 65 or over.
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%.
One-person households make up 29% in Wallers, less than in 80% 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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 12%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in three quarters of compared French towns.
Second homes make up 0.8% in Wallers, less than in 88% 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
5.6% of households moved in less than two years ago; 29% have been in their home 30 years or more. Few places have as many empty homes: 7.4% here, more than in 58% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 11%, households without a car sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,860 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 midpoint of living standards here is €22,860 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 83% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 20.0%.
Wallers ranks above 57% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 11%
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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 33% in Wallers. In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Wallers sits below 62% of compared French towns for immigrants (5.1%)
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.
4% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
42% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 58% 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
More single residents than in 52% of compared French towns: 26%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 65% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 22% in Wallers and 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 5,576 to 5,695 people: this is the 5th youngest
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 38.3 in Saint-Gilles to 57.6 in Cancale.
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Wallers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Wallers
What is the population of Wallers?
5,633 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (5,552).
How old are Wallers’ residents?
The median age is 41.3, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wallers?
20, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wallers?
INSEE counts 290 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 230 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wallers?
€22,860 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% 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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