Queaux is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.5
By its share of households in social housing (2%), Queaux is below 97% of compared French towns. More households headed by a retired person than in 94% of compared French towns: 46%. The town had 586 residents in 290 households at the 2023 census. For Queaux, the census puts flats at 1.1%.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Queaux
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Queaux, 24% of its 460 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Queaux’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 60 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 24% of its homes
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
23% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.9% moved in within the last two years. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 4.2%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 93% of compared French towns. By contrast, in Queaux, 13% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Queaux grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 70% 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, −2% to 2017 and +12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +4% in Vienne.
Queaux ranks below 98% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 6.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Queaux 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 30%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 5% in Queaux, less 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.
Against the Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2 people on average. Few places have so few couples with children: 21% here, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. 41% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €23,540 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 Queaux is €23,540 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 58% of compared French towns, at 8.3%
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
Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 87% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are foreign nationals
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 Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 81% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 13% in Queaux.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Queaux sits below 80% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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
Higher than in 55% of compared French towns: 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Queaux, 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 61% 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
The census found that nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Queaux. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (586 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Queaux: 1 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queaux | 54.5 | 30% | 24% | 13% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 12.6 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 12.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Nieuil-l'Espoir 2,631 · 15.5 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
| Chauvigny 7,007 · 17.2 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Nouaillé-Maupertuis 2,975 · 17.7 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.9% | 1.9% |
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 Queaux
What is the population of Queaux?
586 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (532).
How old are Queaux’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Queaux?
110, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Queaux?
INSEE counts 75 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 71 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Queaux?
€23,540 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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