A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.3%
4.4% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Lower than in 96% of compared French towns: 24% of households are one person living alone. Éperlecques counted 3,737 residents and 1,460 households at the 2023 Census. Across Éperlecques, 6.9% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Éperlecques
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 7.9% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +12% change since 2012: Éperlecques grew faster than 74% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +9%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Pas-de-Calais town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Éperlecques is younger than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Éperlecques 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
18% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in Éperlecques, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 35%
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
7.9% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.5 people share a household.
Fewer households without a car than 73% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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
3.4% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
€24,080 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €24,080 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 70% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 14.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, a higher share than 79% 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 35% in Éperlecques and 32% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Éperlecques. The usual figure: 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.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 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
Here 23% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 64% of compared French towns: 22%
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
The share of graduates of higher education is 27%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 5th youngest of 41 French towns of 3,709 to 3,766 people
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 Lourches (35.1), the youngest, and Cabourg (63.9), the oldest.
Éperlecques is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Éperlecques | 39.8 | 18% | 3.4% | 0.5% |
| Watten 2,564 · 2.4 mi | 43 | 23% | 2.9% | 1% |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem 5,843 · 5.1 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1% | 2.7% |
| Audruicq 5,309 · 5.9 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.4% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Omer 14,382 · 5.9 mi | 36.7 | 17% | 2.4% | 5.5% |
| Longuenesse 10,548 · 6.7 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.8% |
| Wizernes 3,321 · 7.7 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
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 Éperlecques
What is the population of Éperlecques?
3,737 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (3,350).
How old are Éperlecques’ residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Éperlecques?
53, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Éperlecques?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Éperlecques?
€24,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% 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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