A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns: 12%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Wulverdinghe was home to 334 people in 120 households. For Wulverdinghe, the census puts one-person households at 20%. Households without a car: 4.9% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Wulverdinghe
A young town
Half of Wulverdinghe’s residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Wulverdinghe grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 58% 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
Here the change came as −1% to 2017, then +8% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Nord.
A median age of 38.6: Wulverdinghe is younger than 86% 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
■ Wulverdinghe 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 32%, a higher share than 82% 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 share of single-parent households tops 77% of compared French towns: 12%. A household here holds 2.7 people on average. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Wulverdinghe sits above 74% of compared French towns for empty homes (9.2%)
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
The figure for second homes is 3.6% in Wulverdinghe and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 8.1% of households moved in; at the other end, 19% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €24,230 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 €24,230 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Only 3.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Wulverdinghe
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
In Wulverdinghe, 36% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 12% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Wulverdinghe, 0.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Wulverdinghe.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 90% of compared French towns: 50%
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
Single residents: 22% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns, at 13%
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Wulverdinghe, 28%. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (334 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Wulverdinghe
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wulverdinghe | 38.6 | 12% | 3.6% | 0.9% |
| Watten 2,564 · 1.8 mi | 43 | 23% | 2.9% | 1% |
| Éperlecques 3,737 · 4 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 3.4% | 0.5% |
| Saint-Omer 14,382 · 5.3 mi | 36.7 | 17% | 2.4% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem 5,843 · 5.5 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1% | 2.7% |
| Longuenesse 10,548 · 6.3 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.8% |
| Arques 9,431 · 6.8 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 1% | 2.8% |
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 Wulverdinghe
What is the population of Wulverdinghe?
334 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (313).
How old are Wulverdinghe’s residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wulverdinghe?
5, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wulverdinghe?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wulverdinghe?
€24,230 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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