Flats: 1.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Estrée-Blanche has 1.1%. The share of one-person households stands at 29%. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 93% of compared French towns: 3.9%. There were 370 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 913 residents.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 Estrée-Blanche
A young town
Half of Estrée-Blanche’s residents are under 37.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 60 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.
Slower growth than 84% of compared French towns: Estrée-Blanche changed by −4% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
A median age of 37.5: Estrée-Blanche is younger than 90% 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
■ Estrée-Blanche 37.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%. Put another way, about one in six: 18% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Estrée-Blanche, 30% of households are couples with children, more than in 77% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
12% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). There are 2.4 people in the average household. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 14% in Estrée-Blanche, more than in 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
Long tenure is the mark of 27% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.1% (under two years). By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. At 0.7%, the share of second homes is lower than in 91% of compared French towns. What’s more, 6.6% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €20,710 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.
Living standards centre on €20,710 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 21% in Estrée-Blanche, more than in 87% 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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of households are headed by a retired person in Estrée-Blanche. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.4% of residents are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 0.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Estrée-Blanche ranks below 70% of compared French towns on married residents: 40%
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 68% of compared French towns: 23%. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns, at 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Estrée-Blanche. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 913 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Estrée-Blanche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estrée-Blanche | 37.5 | 18% | 0.7% | 0.4% |
| Aire-sur-la-Lys 9,598 · 4.7 mi | 45.5 | 22% | 0.4% | 1% |
| Isbergues 8,650 · 6.3 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Lillers 10,193 · 7.1 mi | 40.8 | 20% | 0.5% | 1.9% |
| Burbure 2,834 · 7.3 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.2% | 0.7% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 8.1 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Auchel 10,051 · 8.6 mi | 40 | 20% | 0.5% | 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 Estrée-Blanche
What is the population of Estrée-Blanche?
913 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (948).
How old are Estrée-Blanche’s residents?
The median age is 37.5, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Estrée-Blanche?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Estrée-Blanche?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Estrée-Blanche?
€20,710 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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