Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.9%
29% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. At 16%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Estréelles had 342 residents in 140 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 4.3% of households have no car.
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 Estréelles
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 18% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Estréelles had 362 residents at the 2012 census and 342 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 90% of compared French towns grew faster than Estréelles: −6%
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
In two steps, −3% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 13% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Estréelles 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Estréelles is 43.8, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Estréelles sits above 94% of compared French towns for couples with children (36%)
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
Single-parent households: 18% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
A higher share of second homes than 81% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 5.7% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 4.4% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,460 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,460 a year: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 29% of households are headed by a retired person
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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). The usual figure: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 72% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 91% of compared French towns, at 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.
1.2% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
More married residents than 82% of compared French towns: 48%
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 23% in Estréelles and 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 10% in Estréelles, less than in 94% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Estréelles has 41%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 342 to 2,582 people, the 16th 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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Estréelles, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Estréelles | 43.8 | 16% | 6.3% | 2% |
| Étaples 10,710 · 6.4 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 7% | 1.3% |
| Cucq 5,129 · 7.7 mi | 56.1 | 35% | 59% | 1.7% |
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage 4,224 · 8.5 mi | 65.8 | 52% | 80% | 2.4% |
| Merlimont 3,342 · 8.5 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 67% | 2% |
| Rang-du-Fliers 4,297 · 8.8 mi | 49.3 | 27% | 7.5% | 2.6% |
| Camiers 2,582 · 9.1 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 71% | 1.5% |
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 Estréelles
What is the population of Estréelles?
342 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (362).
How old are Estréelles’ residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Estréelles?
10, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Estréelles?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Estréelles?
€26,460 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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