Younger than 91% of compared French towns: half of Verquigneul is under 37.1
4% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Fewer one-person households than in 96% of compared French towns: 24%. At the 2023 Census Verquigneul was home to 1,978 people in 700 households. On the census count, 26% of households are headed by a retired person.
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 Verquigneul
A young town
Half of Verquigneul’s residents are under 37.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 14% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 71% of compared French towns grew faster than Verquigneul: ±0%
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
Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then +3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 23%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Verquigneul 37.1. The median compared French town: 44.
14% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Verquigneul, 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 88% 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
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
4.3% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 84% 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
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) here. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. For Verquigneul, the census puts households without a car at 6.6%. On second homes, Verquigneul sits lower than 81% of compared French towns: 1%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,010 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 €26,010 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 60% of compared French towns: 15%
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
About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Verquigneul (10%). 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).
Verquigneul ranks above 81% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 9.9%
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 higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 11% of residents are immigrants, or about one in nine.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of single residents than 95% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 38% of residents 15 and over are married in Verquigneul. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 16% of adults out of school have no qualification in Verquigneul
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
Graduates of higher education make up about one in three here (31%). The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 1,978 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.
The youngest is Verquigneul (37.1), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Verquigneul
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Verquigneul
What is the population of Verquigneul?
1,978 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,986).
How old are Verquigneul’s residents?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Verquigneul?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Verquigneul?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 200 foreign nationals (9.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Verquigneul?
€26,010 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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