Photo: Photo: A. Boutte, 143, rue Leavers, Calais · Public domainOnly 6.8% of homes are flats in Rinxent
One-person households make up 27%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Rinxent has fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 77% of compared French towns, at 6%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 2,987, in 1,250 households. Empty homes make up about one in 23 here (4.4%).
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.
Faster growth than 62% of compared French towns: Rinxent changed by +8% since 2012
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
The median Pas-de-Calais town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +8% and the next six ±0%.
Rinxent is younger than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Rinxent 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in five: nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are couples with children, more than in 79% 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: 2.4 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 11% of households are single parents, more than in 61% of compared French towns.
11% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 56% 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
Turnover: 8.3% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 28% have lived in their home 30 years or more. As a reference point, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Fewer second homes than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 1.4%.
A typical living standard of €22,580 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.
The median standard of living in Rinxent is €22,580 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 85% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 18.0% of residents.
Rinxent ranks above 90% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 22%
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
Locally, 32% of households are headed by a retired person. On average, 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).
Only 0.9% of residents are immigrants in Rinxent
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Rinxent
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
44% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Rinxent ranks below 73% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 23%
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 Rinxent, 23%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 2,955 to 3,018 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.
The youngest is Gorcy (40.5), the oldest Vimoutiers (60.1).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Rinxent
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rinxent | 41.2 | 19% | 1.4% | 0.9% |
| Marquise 5,217 · 1.6 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.7% | 1.8% |
| Wimereux 6,256 · 5.9 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 41% | 1.7% |
| Wimille 3,866 · 6.1 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 4.7% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Martin-Boulogne 10,888 · 7.4 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
| Guînes 5,479 · 7.4 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 0.9% | 0.7% |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer 40,539 · 8.1 mi | 39.8 | 20% | 3.9% | 5.2% |
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 Rinxent
What is the population of Rinxent?
2,987 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (2,771).
How old are Rinxent’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rinxent?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rinxent?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rinxent?
€22,580 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.0% 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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