Wylder is younger than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 35.6
23% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 298 residents in 110 households. Households without a car: 4.9% of the total. Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
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 Wylder
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 9% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Wylder’s residents are under 35.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Wylder had 330 residents at the 2012 census and 298 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 97% of compared French towns: Wylder changed by −10% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Nord town ±0%. The first five years brought −12%; the six to 2023, +2%.
Only 12% of residents are 65 or over in Wylder
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wylder 35.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 16% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 41%, a higher share than 99% 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
Households average 2.6 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 9%, fewer than in two thirds of compared French towns.
Empty homes: 0.9%, a lower share than 99% 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
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Wylder has 3.7%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 3.5% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Median living standard: €25,470 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 median standard of living in Wylder is €25,470 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 14% 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 21% in Wylder and 14% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 12: 8.6% 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).
Wylder ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.3%
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. 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.
Wylder sits below 66% of compared French towns for single residents (24%)
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
For Wylder, the census puts married residents at 44%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 82% 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
32% of Wylder’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 13% have no diploma (19%).
The youngest of 41 French towns of 298 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.
The youngest is Wylder (35.6), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Wylder
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wylder | 35.6 | 12% | 0% | 0.3% |
| Wormhout 5,584 · 2.3 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Hoymille 3,259 · 4.7 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.8% | 1.1% |
| Bergues 3,525 · 4.7 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Hondschoote 3,957 · 6.1 mi | 43 | 22% | 1.7% | 2.9% |
| Steenvoorde 4,332 · 7.8 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Téteghem-Coudekerque-Village 8,247 · 7.9 mi | 49.5 | 22% | 3.2% | 2.6% |
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 Wylder
What is the population of Wylder?
298 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (330).
How old are Wylder’s residents?
The median age is 35.6, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wylder?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wylder?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wylder?
€25,470 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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