42.7median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

A smaller share of one-person households than 95% of compared French towns: 25%

Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 44% in Quesques. In 2023, the Census found 720 residents in the town, living in 290 households. Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 3.3% of homes stand empty in the town.

+17%residents since 2012 22%aged 65 or older 0.3%immigrants 290households

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.

Population

Since 2012, Quesques has grown +17%, faster than 85% 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.

Census 2012

618

residents

Census 2017

676

residents

Census 2023

720

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Quesques+17%

Pas-de-Calais median−1%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Quesques+7%

Pas-de-Calais median−1%

France median+2%

Here the change came as +9% to 2017, then +7% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Pas-de-Calais.

Ages

Below 85% of compared French towns: 8.8% of residents are 15 to 24

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

QuesquesPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Under 1519%

15 to 248.8%

25 to 4426%

45 to 6424%

65 and over22%

of whom 80 and over5.2%

0%15%30%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Quesques 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.

The median age in Quesques is 42.7, lower than in 61% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In Quesques, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.

Women and men · all residents

51% women, 49% men

Quesques

Pas-de-Calais median

France median

WomenMen

About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.

Households

3.5% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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.

One person 25%Couple, no children 40%Couple with children 31%Single parent 3.5%Several people, not a family 1.7%

Against the Pas-de-Calais median and the France median

Quesques

Pas-de-Calais median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

QuesquesPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

One-person households25%

Residents 65+ living alone29%

0%20%40%

Couples with children: 31%, above 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Average household size: 2.5 people.

Homes & cars

Fewer households without a car than 68% of compared French towns: 7.7%

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

QuesquesPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Main residences94%

Second homes2.6%

Empty3.3%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Quesques

Pas-de-Calais median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

QuesquesPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

No car7.7%

One car39%

Two or more54%

0%35%70%

Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 2.6% of homes are second homes.

Income

Median standard of living: €25,550 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.

Median standard of living

€25,550

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Pas-de-Calais €22,665 · France €25,970

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

The median standard of living in Quesques is €25,550 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.

Households by occupation

Below 85% of compared French towns: 5.1% 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

QuesquesPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Retired44%

Managers and professionals5.1%

Intermediate occupations5.2%

Clerical and service workers19%

Manual workers15%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners5.1%

Farmers5.3%

Others not working1.8%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

4.9%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

320

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. 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).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

Only 0.3% of residents are immigrants in Quesques

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

0.3% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

0.3% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

QuesquesPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Immigrants0.3%

Foreign nationals0.3%

0%5%10%

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.

Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.3% in Quesques.

INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.

Couples

20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 92% 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

QuesquesPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

Married48%

In a civil partnership (PACS)8.1%

Living together, unmarried14%

Single20%

Divorced3.1%

Widowed7.2%

0%30%60%

In Quesques, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.

Qualifications

In Quesques, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 80% 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

QuesquesPas-de-Calais medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)23%

Brevet5.6%

CAP or BEP (vocational)29%

Baccalauréat21%

Bac+212%

Bac+3 or bac+45.9%

Bac+5 or more3.7%

0%20%40%

Adults with no qualification: 23%, above 69% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.

Towns its size

Of 41 French towns its size (720 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.

Quesques 42.7

VillejustPrayssacLa Croix-en-Touraine

365064

Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.

Neighbors

Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Quesques

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

DesvresLumbresSamerRinxentArdresGuînesQuesques

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Quesques	42.7	22%	2.6%	0.3%
Desvres 4,829 · 4.8 mi	41.9	23%	1.5%	0.9%
Lumbres 3,579 · 8.2 mi	42.9	22%	1%	0.7%
Samer 4,704 · 9.1 mi	37.7	16%	1%	0.6%
Rinxent 2,987 · 11 mi	41.2	19%	1.4%	0.9%
Ardres 4,389 · 11.7 mi	45.2	22%	5.7%	1%
Guînes 5,479 · 12 mi	40.4	18%	0.9%	0.7%

More about Quesques

Health, work, housing and schools

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How to read these numbers

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 Quesques

What is the population of Quesques?

720 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (618).

How old are Quesques’ residents?

The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Quesques?

8, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Quesques?

INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Quesques?

€25,550 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).

Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.