Above 99% of compared French towns: 40% of households are couples with children
The share of empty homes trails 96% of compared French towns: 2.9%. Boisdinghem is home to 260 residents in 98 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 1% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 20%, more than in 83% of compared French towns.
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 Boisdinghem
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Boisdinghem’s residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 61% of compared French towns: Boisdinghem changed by +7% 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
The median Pas-de-Calais town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +3% and the next six +4%.
15% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 92% 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
■ Boisdinghem 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 38.6, Boisdinghem is younger than 86% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Here, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 20% of households are one person living alone in Boisdinghem
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
Households here average 2.6 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Only 7.1% of households have no car in Boisdinghem
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 last two years, 4.1% of households moved in; at the other end, 22% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. 1% of homes are second homes (Pas-de-Calais median 0.6%, France median 2.1%) and 2.9% are empty (6.7%).
At the median, €25,180 a year to live on
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 Boisdinghem is €25,180 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
40% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 83% of compared French towns
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Boisdinghem ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.8%
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 share of foreign nationals trails 97% of compared French towns: 0.8%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 74% of compared French towns, at 46%
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
The share of single residents is 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 79% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 260 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.
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Boisdinghem
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boisdinghem | 38.6 | 15% | 1% | 0.8% |
| Lumbres 3,579 · 3.1 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1% | 0.7% |
| Éperlecques 3,737 · 5.6 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 3.4% | 0.5% |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem 5,843 · 5.8 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1% | 2.7% |
| Wizernes 3,321 · 6.5 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Longuenesse 10,548 · 7.2 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Omer 14,382 · 7.2 mi | 36.7 | 17% | 2.4% | 5.5% |
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 Boisdinghem
What is the population of Boisdinghem?
260 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (242).
How old are Boisdinghem’s residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boisdinghem?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boisdinghem?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boisdinghem?
€25,180 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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