Quéant ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 41%
Here 2.6% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. On second homes, Quéant sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 0.4%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 631, in 250 households. 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 83.
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 Quéant
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 8.1% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 83% 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
Over those years, the median Pas-de-Calais town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Only 14% of residents are 65 or over in Quéant
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Quéant 39.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Quéant has 12%. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 39.9, younger than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Quéant sits below 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (25%)
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 2.5 people on average. Fewer single-parent households than in 79% of compared French towns: 8.1%. One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
More empty homes than 70% of compared French towns: 8.7%
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
6.8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 24% have stayed 30 years or more. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 54% of compared French towns: 11% of households have no car.
A median of €25,070 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.
The median standard of living in Quéant is €25,070 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 28% in Quéant, more than in 99% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 8% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 35%. 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
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.
With foreign nationals at 0.5%, Quéant is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. Across the 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 86% 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
47% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Quéant sits below 71% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
The share of adults with no qualification stands at 19%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd 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).
Quéant sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quéant | 39.9 | 14% | 0.4% | 1% |
| Bapaume 3,779 · 7.9 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Arleux 3,125 · 8.9 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 12% | 1.4% |
| Biache-Saint-Vaast 4,568 · 9.3 mi | 38.5 | 17% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Proville 3,206 · 9.9 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
| Vitry-en-Artois 4,849 · 10.1 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.6% | 1.3% |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy 4,012 · 10.4 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 Quéant
What is the population of Quéant?
631 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (653).
How old are Quéant’s residents?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Quéant?
1, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Quéant?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Quéant?
€25,070 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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