Half of Strenquels is over 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns
Here 3.1% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. 258 residents in 130 households: that is Strenquels at the 2023 Census. Flats make up about one in 17 here (6%). Lower than in 83% of compared French towns: 7.7% of households are single parents.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Strenquels
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 65 second homes and occasional dwellings in Strenquels, 32% of its 200 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Strenquels’ residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 32%
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
Just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 3.5%, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. By its share of households without a car (7%), Strenquels is below 73% of compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 81% of compared French towns grew faster than Strenquels: −3%
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 change was +2% from 2012 to 2017 and −5% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.4% in Strenquels, less than in 96% 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
■ Strenquels 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (32%), Strenquels is above 90% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Strenquels ranks below 77% of compared French towns on couples with children: 19%
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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2 people in the average household. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 35%.
A median standard of living of €24,540 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,540 a year: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 92% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Here 7.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Households headed by a retired person come to 31% in Strenquels, about three in ten. Measured more widely, 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).
Immigrants: 3.9%, a lower share than 74% of compared French towns
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.7% in Strenquels. As a yardstick, 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.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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
With married residents at 48%, Strenquels is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Strenquels, less than in 77% 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 make up about one in five here (20%). On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th oldest of 41 French towns of 258 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Strenquels, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Strenquels | 53.7 | 32% | 32% | 3.9% |
| Souillac 3,192 · 10 mi | 52.6 | 35% | 12% | 13% |
| Cosnac 3,044 · 11.2 mi | 50.8 | 27% | 1.8% | 4.3% |
| Brive-la-Gaillarde 47,095 · 13.5 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 4.5% | 11% |
| Malemort 8,239 · 13.5 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3.4% | 6.5% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 14.5 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Pantaléon-de-Larche 5,091 · 14.8 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
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 Strenquels
What is the population of Strenquels?
258 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (266).
How old are Strenquels’ residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Strenquels?
65, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Strenquels?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Strenquels?
€24,540 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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