Flats: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 3.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Estrées. The town is home to 408 residents in 160 households, by the 2023 Census. One-person households: just over a fifth of the total. With a median age of 40.7, Estrées is younger than three quarters of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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.
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aisne town −4%. The first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, −1%.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 72% 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
■ Estrées 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Estrées (22%). Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 83% of compared French towns: 13%
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.5 people. 28% of households are couples with children, more than in 66% of compared French towns. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A higher share of empty homes than 79% of compared French towns, at 9.9%
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
Here 1.1% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 34%.
At the median, €23,650 a year to live on
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 Estrées is €23,650 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Above 89% of compared French towns: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Estrées has fewer households headed by a retired person than 57% of compared French towns, at 31%. As a reference point, 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).
Estrées sits below 98% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.2%)
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, 0.5% 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.
51% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 22% in Estrées. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 85% of compared French towns
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 are rarer here than in 50% of compared French towns. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 408 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Estrées, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estrées | 40.7 | 22% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 6 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 7.6 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 8.2 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
| Gauchy 5,183 · 9.9 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 10.6 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Caudry 13,833 · 12.1 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1% | 2.4% |
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 Estrées
What is the population of Estrées?
408 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (419).
How old are Estrées’ residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Estrées?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Estrées?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Estrées?
€23,650 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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