A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
Half of Cocquerel’s residents are over 47.8, older than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The town’s 100 households held 220 residents at the 2023 Census. Locally, 25% of households are headed by a retired person. Couples with children: 30%, above 75% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Cocquerel
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 15 second homes and occasional dwellings in Cocquerel, 12% of its 130 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 93% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 12% in Cocquerel, more than in 89% 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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 7.9% in Cocquerel. Turnover: 3.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 18% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 80% 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
25% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 67% 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
■ Cocquerel 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Cocquerel has 12%. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
100 households; 35% are one person
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. At 10%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,620 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.
Half of Cocquerel’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,620 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
In Cocquerel, 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 83% of compared French towns
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
10% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in ten. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Cocquerel are immigrants
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 Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 39%, a lower share than 77% of compared French towns
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 figure for single residents is 24% in Cocquerel and 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 60% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
Here, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 220 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th oldest
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).
Of the 5 towns nearest Cocquerel, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cocquerel | 47.8 | 25% | 12% | 0% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 6.1 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 6.7 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 13.5 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 14.7 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 16.6 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 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 Cocquerel
What is the population of Cocquerel?
220 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (226).
How old are Cocquerel’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cocquerel?
15, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cocquerel?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cocquerel?
€25,620 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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