A median age of 53.8: Le Quesne is older than 92% of compared French towns
With couples with children at 13%, Le Quesne is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. For Le Quesne, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 35%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 233, in 110 households.
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 Le Quesne
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Quesne had 284 residents at the 2012 census and 233 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Le Quesne’s residents are under 53.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Le Quesne has changed by −18%, slower than 99% 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
In two steps, −6% to 2017 and −13% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Somme.
Le Quesne ranks above 88% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 31%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Quesne 53.8. The median compared French town: 44.
9.4% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are single parents, a share 99% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Le Quesne has 39%. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Each household has 2.1 people on average.
Households in social housing: 1.8%, a lower share than 97% 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 5.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 45%. On second homes, Le Quesne sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 7.2%. As a reference point, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. With households without a car at 15%, Le Quesne is ahead of 69% of compared French towns on that count.
At the median, €23,000 a year to live on
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 midpoint of living standards here is €23,000 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 4.3%, a lower share than 91% 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
Nearly two in five households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). The wider picture: nearly one in ten 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 0.4% of residents are immigrants in Le Quesne
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%. On average, 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 97% 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
For Le Quesne, the census puts married residents at 43%. As a yardstick, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
14% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 99% 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
Adults with no qualification: 42% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (233 to 2,582 people), the 7th oldest
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.
No nearby town is as old as Le Quesne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Quesne | 53.8 | 31% | 7.2% | 0.4% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 9 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 15 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 16.5 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 16.9 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
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 Le Quesne
What is the population of Le Quesne?
233 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (284).
How old are Le Quesne’s residents?
The median age is 53.8, older than 92% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Quesne?
10, with occasional dwellings: 7.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Quesne?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% 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 Le Quesne?
€23,000 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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