Photo: Paul Robert · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 37.6: Waziers is younger than 90% of compared French towns
Here nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. 7,266 residents in 2,810 households: that is Waziers at the 2023 Census. One-person households come to 29% here, about three in ten. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 0.4% of homes are second homes.
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 Waziers
Social housing
36% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 16% rent privately and 45% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Waziers’ residents are under 37.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Waziers had 7,639 residents at the 2012 census and 7,266 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 88% 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
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Waziers 37.6. The median compared French town: 44.
17% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Waziers: 16% of households are single parents, above 97% 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
A third of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.6 people on average.
Waziers: 36% of households rent social housing (HLM), above 96% 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
In Waziers, just over a fifth of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Empty homes: 6.7% of the total. Flats are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns.
A median of €18,410 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.
Half of residents live in households above €18,410 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 33.0% of residents.
Waziers ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 4.3%
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
Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (33%). To put it in context, 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).
9.4% of residents are immigrants, more than in 68% of compared French towns
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: 7.2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 68% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
34% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 90% 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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Waziers has 39%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Waziers sits below 97% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (15%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Waziers, 31%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (7,183 to 7,341 people), 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.
The youngest is Courdimanche (36), the oldest Perros-Guirec (62.4).
No nearby town is as young as Waziers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Waziers | 37.6 | 17% | 0.4% | 9.4% |
| Douai 40,250 · 1.3 mi | 37.8 | 19% | 1.5% | 8.1% |
| Sin-le-Noble 16,076 · 1.6 mi | 39.7 | 18% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Roost-Warendin 5,956 · 2.1 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 0.1% | 4.6% |
| Flers-en-Escrebieux 5,424 · 2.1 mi | 39.4 | 19% | 0.5% | 5.1% |
| Lallaing 6,287 · 2.4 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 0.2% | 3.5% |
| Dechy 5,338 · 2.4 mi | 40 | 21% | 0.3% | 5.4% |
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 Waziers
What is the population of Waziers?
7,266 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (7,639).
How old are Waziers’ residents?
The median age is 37.6, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Waziers?
11, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Waziers?
INSEE counts 690 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.4% of residents, and 530 foreign nationals (7.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Waziers?
€18,410 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 33.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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