37% of households are couples with children, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 270 people lived in Essertaux, in 100 households. Across Essertaux, 2.7% of households have no car. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Essertaux has 9.5%.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Essertaux
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +11% since 2012 puts Essertaux ahead of 73% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Somme town −3%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.5% in Essertaux, less than in 95% 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
■ Essertaux 39. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Essertaux is 39, lower than in 84% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Across Essertaux, 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 19% of households are one person living alone in Essertaux
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.7 people. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Single-parent households make up about one in seven here (15%).
A larger share of empty homes than 96% of compared French towns: 15%
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Essertaux, 9.2%. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,500 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.
At €28,500 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Essertaux sits above 77% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (15%)
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
Here 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
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 Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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.
In Essertaux, 16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Essertaux, 51%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
42% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 83% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Essertaux comes in at 14%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 270 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Essertaux, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Essertaux
What is the population of Essertaux?
270 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (243).
How old are Essertaux’s residents?
The median age is 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Essertaux?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Essertaux?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Essertaux?
€28,500 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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