A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.7%
Households in social housing make up 0.2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Estrées’s 460 households held 1,134 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 22% of households are one person living alone. At 4.6%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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 Estrées
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 7.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 75% of compared French towns: Estrées changed by +12% since 2012
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Nord. Here the change came as +10% to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Estrées ranks below 67% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Estrées 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 22% of the total. The median age in Estrées is 44.2, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 7.5% in Estrées. The average household has 2.4 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 3.6% of homes stand empty
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 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 0.4% of homes are second homes here. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 31%.
At the median, €28,340 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.
At €28,340 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 41% in Estrées, more than in 85% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 78% of compared French towns: 16%. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 51% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.8% of residents are immigrants in Estrées
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.
Foreign nationals: 0.3% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; 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.
Estrées ranks above 97% of compared French towns on married residents: 53%
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 22% in Estrées and 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 83% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Estrées is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estrées | 44.2 | 22% | 0.4% | 0.8% |
| Arleux 3,125 · 2.2 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 12% | 1.4% |
| Courchelettes 2,855 · 3.1 mi | 47.3 | 27% | 0.7% | 2.9% |
| Brebières 5,283 · 3.4 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 0.3% | 1.4% |
| Lambres-lez-Douai 4,883 · 3.7 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 0.4% | 2.6% |
| Vitry-en-Artois 4,849 · 4.3 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| Dechy 5,338 · 4.4 mi | 40 | 21% | 0.3% | 5.4% |
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?
1,134 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,012).
How old are Estrées’ residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Estrées?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Estrées?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Estrées?
€28,340 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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