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A town in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France, home to 5,309 people.
Audruicq’s grades pull in different directions. Where it does best is schools: brevet results 2 points above the expected rate. Housing is within reach: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 5.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. Residents’ health trails most towns: after allowing for care homes, deaths from 2016 to 2025 were 13% above expected, against 12% below for the median of compared French towns. Overall, that makes a B, better than 55% of compared French towns. It ranks #19 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
Figures: brevet and bac results, Ministry of Education · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · deaths, INSEE (by commune of residence, 2016–2025).
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas. The overall grade uses the other six subjects.
The one thing Audruicq does most differently from other towns.
Each subject compares Audruicq with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
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The Culture ministry lists no building in Audruicq as a monument historique. That’s true of 25% of compared French towns too.
The nearest classé monument is Bastion Condette aussi dénommé bastion Royal, in Ardres, 4.6 mi away.
Explore the history →Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Audruicq.
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
Adjusted for age and care homes, Audruicq records 113 deaths per 100 expected, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (115) and higher than compared French towns (88). From 2016 to 2025, 661 residents of Audruicq died, against 490 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 35% more. The nearest emergency department to Audruicq is Centre hospitalier de Calais, 9.2 mi away. At birth, a girl in Pas-de-Calais can expect 83.5 years and a boy 77.5 (2025); across France, 85.9 and 80.3.
Source: INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025; DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 · Licence Ouverte · The adjustment for care homes is TownRatings’ own modeling, not an official figure.
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
On school results, the town ranks #36 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais.
| School | Level | Candidates | Passed, 2025 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Collège du BredenardeNearest collègeCollège | Collège | 86 | 90%+2 pts |
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
The median price, €1,869/m², comes from 148 sales of houses and apartments in Audruicq from July 2023 to June 2026. From July 2023 to June 2026, 148 homes were sold here.
| By type | Median per m² | Sales |
|---|---|---|
| Houses | €1,919/m² | 139 |
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Unemployment runs at 11.8%. Audruicq holds 1,500 jobs; 2,000 of its residents are in work, so 0.7 jobs each. Nearly one in ten commuters went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport at the census.
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
For 2025, the figures show 98 offenses in Audruicq. The yearly rates for 2023–2025: 12.2 violent offenses and 7.1 graded property crimes per 1,000 residents. Of the graded crimes in the town, criminal damage came up most often (2025).
Not in the gradeTheft without violence, drug use and fraud are shown for information but left out of the Safety Grade, which counts violence plus burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and criminal damage per resident.
Source: SSMSI (Interior Ministry), recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Licence Ouverte · When burglary, vehicle theft and theft from vehicles number five or fewer in a recent year, the figure is withheld, and the index uses the département’s average instead (4.6% of the index here). The count covers the offense categories the Safety Grade uses.
Degrees are held by 24% of adults. 19% are under 15, near Pas-de-Calais’ towns (18%) and higher than compared French towns (17%). Half the people of Audruicq are older than 43.
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
| Audruicq | Pas-de-Calais median | France median | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 19% | 18% | 17% |
| 15–24 | 11% | 12% | 11% |
| 25–44 | 23% | 24% | 23% |
| 45–64 | 25% | 26% | 26% |
| 65+ | 23% | 20% | 22% |
| No diploma | 25% | 24% | 19% |
| CAP or BEP | 25% | 27% | 26% |
| Baccalauréat | 20% | 19% | 18% |
| Higher education | 24% | 22% | 30% |
INSEE, census 2023 · Pas-de-Calais median and France median: the median of compared communes
Nothing in Audruicq is on the monuments historiques list. These are the nearest classé monuments, within 15.5 mi.
4 notable people were born in Audruicq.
Gilbert Brazy: Serge Ottaviani, Public domain · Nadine Decobert: Hemsout, CC BY-SA 3.0
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more. The map uses IGN’s commune boundaries. See them on the map →
It grades B for safety, #34 of 120 in Pas-de-Calais.
They grade A−, better than 76% of compared French towns and #36 of 123 in Pas-de-Calais. Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Homes cost less than in most compared French towns: the median sale price from July 2023 to June 2026 was €1,869/m², against €2,430/m² for the median of compared French towns. Incomes are lower than in most compared French towns too, so Audruicq grades B+ for cost of living.
Commune in Pas-de-Calais, Hauts-de-France
Audruicq is a commune of 5,309 people in the Communauté de communes de la Région d'Audruicq. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Sources: INSEE, census 2023 (population, employment, commuting) · INSEE, Filosofi 2023 (income per consumption unit, poverty) · DGFiP, DVF property sales, July 2023 to June 2026 · Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025 · SSMSI, recorded crime by commune, 2023–2025 · Ministry of Education (DEPP), brevet and bac results and value-added indicators, 2025 · INSEE, deaths by commune of residence 2016–2025 and censuses 2012–2023; Eurostat, death rates by age (© European Union); INSEE, BPE 2025 (care homes, emergency and maternity units, GPs, pharmacies); DREES, APL 2024; INSEE, life expectancy by département 2025 (provisional) · INSEE, BPE 2025 and Filosofi 200 m grid (walking distances) · IGN Admin Express (boundaries) · TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking French towns against each other only, updated November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.