Wirwignes ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2.9%
5.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). At 3.7%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 91% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 768 residents in 330 households. In Wirwignes, 4.9% of households have no car.
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.
A +4% change since 2012: slower than 54% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Pas-de-Calais town, the change came in two steps: +1% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Wirwignes is older than 57% of compared French towns: a median age of 45
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wirwignes 45. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, one in ten residents are 15 to 24. On residents aged 65 and over, 22% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 30%, a lower share than 77% 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
Households average 2.3 people. On couples with children, Wirwignes sits higher than 74% of compared French towns: 30%. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here nearly one in ten households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A larger share of empty homes than 63% of compared French towns: 7.9%
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
Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.4%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,220 a year in 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 €26,220 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 82% of compared French towns: 39%
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 share of households headed by a manual worker is 11%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person: 32% 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.5%
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.
In Wirwignes, 0.1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Wirwignes ranks below 86% of compared French towns on single residents: 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
The share of married residents is 47%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 66% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Wirwignes. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Wirwignes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wirwignes | 45 | 22% | 1.4% | 0.5% |
| Desvres 4,829 · 3.3 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Samer 4,704 · 3.4 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1% | 0.6% |
| Saint-Léonard 3,353 · 5.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.5% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont 5,029 · 6.3 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Martin-Boulogne 10,888 · 6.4 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 1.4% | 2.1% |
| Boulogne-sur-Mer 40,539 · 7.3 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 Wirwignes
What is the population of Wirwignes?
768 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (739).
How old are Wirwignes’ residents?
The median age is 45, older than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wirwignes?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wirwignes?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wirwignes?
€26,220 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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