Warhem ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.2%
23% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Fewer empty homes than in 98% of compared French towns: 2.4%. Warhem had 2,020 residents in 870 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 4.1%.
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 Warhem
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Warhem, 13% of its 1,020 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 11% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% 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
10% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 13%, more than in 90% of compared French towns. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%.
−2% since 2012: slower than 80% 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%.
Half of Warhem is over 48.1, older than 75% 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
■ Warhem 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Warhem has 20%. Across Warhem, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 3.5% of households are single parents
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
Couples with children: 32% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,990 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.
At €26,990 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Warhem: 23% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 91% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Warhem. Lower than in 54% of compared French towns: 32% of households are headed by a retired person. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Warhem ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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.
With foreign nationals at 0.6%, Warhem is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 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.
55% of residents 15 and over are married, more 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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Warhem. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Warhem sits below 66% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (16%)
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 are more common here than in just over half of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,020 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Warhem
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warhem | 48.1 | 20% | 13% | 0.9% |
| Hoymille 3,259 · 2.1 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Bergues 3,525 · 2.7 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Hondschoote 3,957 · 3.9 mi | 43 | 22% | 1.7% | 2.9% |
| Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village 8,247 · 4.1 mi | 49.5 | 22% | 3.2% | 2.6% |
| Ghyvelde 4,133 · 5.1 mi | 45.3 | 21% | 15% | 3.6% |
| Leffrinckoucke 4,078 · 5.6 mi | 52.1 | 28% | 3% | 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 Warhem
What is the population of Warhem?
2,020 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,071).
How old are Warhem’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Warhem?
130, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Warhem?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Warhem?
€26,990 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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