A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
The figure for couples with children is 30% in Fauquembergues and 25% in the typical compared French town. The census found that 22% of households have no car in the town. Few places have so few second homes: 0.6% here, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. Its 410 households held 932 residents 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 Fauquembergues
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fauquembergues had 1,005 residents at the 2012 census and 932 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 74 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Fauquembergues has changed by −7%, slower than 93% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
Half of Fauquembergues is under 40.1, younger than 78% 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
■ Fauquembergues 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Fauquembergues comes in at 13%. The census found that 21% of residents are 65 or over in the town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Fauquembergues, 11% of households are single parents, more than in 67% 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
The average household has 2.3 people. By way of comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There is little gap on one-person households: 35%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Fauquembergues sits above 96% of compared French towns for empty homes (15%)
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
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Fauquembergues comes in at 9.1%. Flats: 16% of the total. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€19,280 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €19,280 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are headed by a retired person in Fauquembergues. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 0.9% in Fauquembergues, less than in 99% of compared French towns
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 median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The share of foreign nationals stands at 0.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 74% of compared French towns: 39%
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
Single residents make up 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 18%, a lower share than 91% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Fauquembergues, 28%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 932 to 2,582 people: this is the 3rd 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Fauquembergues is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fauquembergues | 40.1 | 21% | 0.6% | 0.9% |
| Lumbres 3,579 · 7.4 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1% | 0.7% |
| Wizernes 3,321 · 9.8 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 1.2% |
| Blendecques 4,859 · 11.4 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 1.2% |
| Longuenesse 10,548 · 12 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 0.6% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem 5,843 · 12.1 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1% | 2.7% |
| Desvres 4,829 · 12.4 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
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 Fauquembergues
What is the population of Fauquembergues?
932 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (1,005).
How old are Fauquembergues’ residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fauquembergues?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fauquembergues?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fauquembergues?
€19,280 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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