Couples with children make up 44% in Nordausques, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Nordausques, 4.2%. At the 2023 Census, 1,271 people lived locally, in 470 households. The census found that 4.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. On households without a car, Nordausques sits lower than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 5.7%.
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 Nordausques
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 7.4% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Nordausques’ residents are under 36.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Nordausques had 1,078 residents at the 2012 census and 1,271 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+18% since 2012, a pace 87% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Over those years, the median Pas-de-Calais town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Half of Nordausques is under 36.4, younger than 93% 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
■ Nordausques 36.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 12%, Nordausques is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. Residents aged 15 to 24 are more common here than in 78% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 98% 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
A household here holds 2.7 people on average. On single-parent households, Nordausques sits lower than 86% of compared French towns: 7.4%. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Nordausques, 1.2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
The share of second homes is 0.2%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up about one in 25 here (4%). Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €24,290 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.
Living standards centre on €24,290 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 29%
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
24% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Against that, 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).
Immigrants: 0.8%, a lower share than 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals here. To put it in context, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 86% of compared French towns, at 21%
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 48% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Nordausques sits below 64% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (26%)
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
Adults with no qualification make up about one in five here (19%). Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 1,271 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 36.4 in Nordausques to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Nordausques
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nordausques | 36.4 | 12% | 0.2% | 0.8% |
| Éperlecques 3,737 · 3.5 mi | 39.8 | 18% | 3.4% | 0.5% |
| Audruicq 5,309 · 4.3 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.4% | 0.9% |
| Ardres 4,389 · 5.7 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 5.7% | 1% |
| Watten 2,564 · 5.7 mi | 43 | 23% | 2.9% | 1% |
| Saint-Martin-lez-Tatinghem 5,843 · 7.6 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1% | 2.7% |
| Lumbres 3,579 · 7.8 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1% | 0.7% |
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 Nordausques
What is the population of Nordausques?
1,271 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (1,078).
How old are Nordausques’ residents?
The median age is 36.4, younger than 93% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Nordausques?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Nordausques?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Nordausques?
€24,290 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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