Above 99% of compared French towns: 40% of households are couples with children
Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, below 88% of compared French towns. Estrun’s 270 households held 725 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM) locally. At 18%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is higher than in 85% 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 Estrun
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+4% since 2012: slower than 51% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then +2% to 2023. Over those years, the median Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Estrun, 12% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 81% 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
■ Estrun 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Estrun is 43.2, lower than in 56% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 22% of households are one person living alone
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
On single-parent households, 9.1% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Estrun sits below 92% of compared French towns for households without a car (4.4%)
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
By its share of second homes (1%), Estrun is below 79% of compared French towns. Of all households, 2.6% moved in during the last two years and 22% have stayed three decades or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €28,590 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €28,590 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Estrun ranks below 70% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 29%
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 figure for households headed by a manual worker is 11% in Estrun and 14% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Estrun has 2.5%. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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.
Married residents make up 51% in Estrun, more than in 95% 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 share of single residents trails two thirds of compared French towns: 23%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Estrun ranks below 81% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 13%
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
38% of Estrun’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 13% have no diploma (19%).
Of 41 French towns its size (725 to 2,582 people), the 12th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Estrun and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estrun | 43.2 | 16% | 1% | 2.9% |
| Iwuy 3,403 · 1.7 mi | 38.2 | 18% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Bouchain 4,113 · 2.7 mi | 46 | 26% | 1% | 2.2% |
| Escaudœuvres 3,171 · 4 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1% | 4% |
| Neuville-sur-Escaut 2,901 · 4.4 mi | 38.3 | 18% | 0.4% | 2.1% |
| Rœulx 3,743 · 4.7 mi | 40.2 | 19% | 0.3% | 2.2% |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy 4,012 · 5.3 mi | 41.6 | 23% | 0.9% | 3.4% |
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 Estrun
What is the population of Estrun?
725 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (694).
How old are Estrun’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Estrun?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Estrun?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Estrun?
€28,590 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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