A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 95% of compared French towns: 14%. Étaing has fewer households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns, at 22%. In 2023, the Census found 476 residents locally, living in 180 households. Flats: 5.8% of the total.
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 Étaing
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 24% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Étaing outgrew 62% of compared French towns: +8%
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 +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns, at 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Étaing 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 39.5, Étaing is younger than just over four fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 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%.
35% of households are couples with children, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A household here holds 2.6 people on average. At 24%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 99% of compared French towns. Set beside that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 2.2%, a lower share than 99% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 8.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 23%. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. 6% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 60% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,840 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 median standard of living in Étaing is €25,840 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Above 86% of compared French towns: 19% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Étaing comes in at 11%. For comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.2% of residents are immigrants in Étaing
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.
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 98% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%. To put it in context, 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 47% in Étaing, more than in 76% 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
With single residents at 23%, Étaing is behind 71% of compared French towns on that count. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 9.6%
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
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Étaing and its 6 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Étaing | 39.5 | 14% | 0% | 1.2% |
| Biache-Saint-Vaast 4,568 · 3.7 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Vitry-en-Artois 4,849 · 3.8 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| Brebières 5,283 · 4.4 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 0.3% | 1.4% |
| Arleux 3,125 · 4.8 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 12% | 1.4% |
| Courchelettes 2,855 · 5.5 mi | 47.3 | 27% | 0.7% | 2.9% |
| Lambres-lez-Douai 4,883 · 6.3 mi | 46.8 | 25% | 0.4% | 2.6% |
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 Étaing
What is the population of Étaing?
476 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (442).
How old are Étaing’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Étaing?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Étaing?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Étaing?
€25,840 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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