Photo: Romainberth · CC BY-SA 3.0A median age of 52.9: Coquelles is older than 91% of compared French towns
In Coquelles, 2.6% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 48% of the total. Fewer single-parent households than in 94% of compared French towns: 6.3%. The town had 2,638 residents in 1,150 households at the 2023 census.
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 Coquelles
An older town
Half of Coquelles’ residents are under 52.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Coquelles has grown +14%, faster than 80% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Coquelles sits above 92% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (33%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Coquelles 52.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children make up 22% in Coquelles, less than in 66% 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
On average, 2.1 people share a household. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Nearly a third of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 65% of compared French towns.
In Coquelles, 16% of homes are flats, fewer than in 74% 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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 0.6% of homes are second homes in Coquelles. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 30%.
A median standard of living of €27,340 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,340 a year: higher than in 64% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 11.0%.
Coquelles ranks below 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 8.8%
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 the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Coquelles, 7.5%. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Coquelles ranks below 71% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.3%
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.
Here, 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals. Across the comparison, 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Coquelles
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
Nearly half of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 25%, a higher share than 76% 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
Graduates of higher education account for 29%. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest 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.
Ages run from 34.6 in Bourguébus to 62.9 in Longeville-sur-Mer.
Every neighbor is younger than Coquelles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Coquelles
What is the population of Coquelles?
2,638 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (2,311).
How old are Coquelles’ residents?
The median age is 52.9, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Coquelles?
7, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Coquelles?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 95 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Coquelles?
€27,340 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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