In Audinghen, 53% of homes are second homes, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 3.5% of homes are flats here. About one in five: that is how common households in social housing are in Audinghen (20%). On residents aged 15 to 24, Audinghen sits lower than 87% of compared French towns: 8.6%. There were 270 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 617 residents.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 Audinghen
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 330 second homes and occasional dwellings in Audinghen, 53% of its 620 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 96% 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.
A smaller share of empty homes than 92% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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 the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Audinghen, 5.8%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A +5% change since 2012: Audinghen grew faster than 53% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, +6%.
Younger than 62% of compared French towns: half of Audinghen is under 42.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Audinghen 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 20% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
7.5% of households are single parents, below 85% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in three quarters of compared French towns. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 29% of households are couples with children.
Median standard of living: €23,840 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.
Living standards centre on €23,840 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 70% of compared French towns, at 36%
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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 7.2%, Audinghen is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%. 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in nine.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.2% of residents are immigrants in Audinghen
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%. Put another way, about one in 45: 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals. To put it in context, 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.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, below 71% 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
Single residents: 25% of the total. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
12% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 87% of compared French towns
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 33% in Audinghen. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 10th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Audinghen and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Audinghen | 42.5 | 20% | 53% | 2.2% |
| Marquise 5,217 · 5 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.7% | 1.8% |
| Wimereux 6,256 · 5.3 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 41% | 1.7% |
| Rinxent 2,987 · 6.6 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 1.4% | 0.9% |
| Wimille 3,866 · 6.8 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 4.7% | 1.2% |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer 40,539 · 8.9 mi | 39.8 | 20% | 3.9% | 5.2% |
| Saint-Martin-Boulogne 10,888 · 8.9 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
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 Audinghen
What is the population of Audinghen?
617 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (585).
How old are Audinghen’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Audinghen?
330, with occasional dwellings: 53% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Audinghen?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Audinghen?
€23,840 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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