Photo: Floflo62 · CC BY-SA 4.0Half of Cucq is over 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns
With empty homes at 1.7%, Cucq is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. For Cucq, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 49%. Fewer couples with children than in 86% of compared French towns: 17%. In 2023, the Census found 5,129 residents here, living in 2,650 households.
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 Cucq
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 4,030 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cucq, 59% of its 6,790 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 48% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Cucq’s residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
59% of homes are second homes, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Flats make up 39%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing account for 7%. One in ten households have no car, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: ±0% since 2012, behind 70% 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
35% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 94% 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
■ Cucq 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 7.2% in Cucq. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 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.
42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 76% 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
Average household size: 1.9 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Cucq has fewer single-parent households than 84% of compared French towns, at 7.7%.
A median of €27,070 a year per consumption unit
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 €27,070 a year: higher than in 62% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 12.0% of residents.
Cucq sits below 78% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.7%)
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: 7.9%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
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.
Foreign nationals: 0.8% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For 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.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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
45% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 20% in Cucq, more than in 53% 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
Compared with other places, graduates of higher education are common here: 31%, more than in 53% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (5,082 to 5,175 people), the 3rd oldest
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 Villenoy (36), the oldest Saint-Georges-de-Didonne (67.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Cucq
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cucq | 56.1 | 35% | 59% | 1.7% |
| Merlimont 3,342 · 2 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 67% | 2% |
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage 4,224 · 2.3 mi | 65.8 | 52% | 80% | 2.4% |
| Étaples 10,710 · 2.7 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 7% | 1.3% |
| Rang-du-Fliers 4,297 · 4.7 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
| Berck 12,951 · 5.6 mi | 53.5 | 32% | 40% | 2.7% |
| Camiers 2,582 · 5.7 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 71% | 1.5% |
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 Cucq
What is the population of Cucq?
5,129 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (5,132).
How old are Cucq’s residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cucq?
4,030, with occasional dwellings: 59% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cucq?
INSEE counts 87 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 43 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cucq?
€27,070 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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