Couples with children: 42%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.7%), Warneton is below 94% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 231 residents here, living in 92 households. Households without a car make up about one in 31 here (3.2%). On households in social housing, Warneton sits lower than 89% of compared French towns: 4.3%.
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 Warneton
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 57% of compared French towns: Warneton changed by +3% since 2012
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
The first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%.
Half of Warneton is under 40.3, younger than 77% 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
■ Warneton 40.3. The median compared French town: 44.
For Warneton, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 26% in Warneton, less than in 91% 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
The typical household size is 2.5 people. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Warneton, the census puts single-parent households at 11%.
Warneton sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2%)
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
1% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. Empty homes: 4.1% of the total. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
€28,370 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Warneton is €28,370 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 26% of households are headed by a retired person
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 16% in Warneton and 14% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Here, 11% of 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).
5.6% of residents in Warneton 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.
The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.6% of residents are immigrants. On foreign nationals, 4.7% here is much the same as 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.
More married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 54%
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 single residents is 20% in Warneton and 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Warneton ranks below 63% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 17%
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 share of graduates of higher education stands at 31%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 231 to 2,582
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 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Warneton
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warneton | 40.3 | 21% | 1% | 5.6% |
| Comines 12,731 · 2.5 mi | 40.7 | 17% | 1.3% | 8.4% |
| Frelinghien 2,609 · 2.6 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 0.6% | 2.9% |
| Quesnoy-sur-Deûle 6,805 · 2.8 mi | 42.6 | 19% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Houplines 7,921 · 4.1 mi | 38.6 | 17% | 0.5% | 4.8% |
| Wervicq-Sud 5,426 · 4.5 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 0.4% | 8.5% |
| Verlinghem 2,682 · 4.7 mi | 43 | 19% | 1.9% | 2.5% |
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 Warneton
What is the population of Warneton?
231 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (224).
How old are Warneton’s residents?
The median age is 40.3, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Warneton?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Warneton?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (4.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Warneton?
€28,370 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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