A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.9%
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Étrœungt comes in at 3.3%. Across Étrœungt, 29% of households are headed by a manual worker. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are scarce here: 20%, fewer than in 65% of compared French towns. This Nord town had 1,233 residents in 530 households at the 2023 census.
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 Étrœungt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Étrœungt had 1,409 residents at the 2012 census and 1,233 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 85 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Étrœungt changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 98% 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 −6%, then −7% to 2023. Over those years, the median Nord town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Étrœungt 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Étrœungt is 43.1, lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 33% 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
Households average 2.3 people. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many single-parent households: 11% here, more than in 64% of compared French towns. Here 26% of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Étrœungt: 14% of homes stand empty, above 93% 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
One household in 11 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households without a car account for 9.1%. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.4%, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,040 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.
At €23,040 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 89% 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
Put another way, about one in three: 31% of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Étrœungt 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Étrœungt. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, below 70% 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 is 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Étrœungt sits below 85% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (20%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Étrœungt, 25%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 12th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Étrœungt 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étrœungt | 43.1 | 20% | 1.4% | 1.2% |
| Sains-du-Nord 2,755 · 4.2 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe 4,012 · 4.3 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Wignehies 2,804 · 4.7 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.1% |
| Fourmies 11,449 · 6.1 mi | 42.5 | 23% | 0.9% | 2.6% |
| Trélon 2,604 · 7.6 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 2.1% | 5.9% |
| Anor 3,099 · 9.1 mi | 41.3 | 21% | 3% | 6.6% |
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 Étrœungt
What is the population of Étrœungt?
1,233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (1,409).
How old are Étrœungt’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Étrœungt?
9, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Étrœungt?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Étrœungt?
€23,040 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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