A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.8%
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Bichancourt. There were 420 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 979 residents. On the census count, 4.6% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households headed by a manager or professional are scarce here: 4.9%, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Bichancourt
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bichancourt had 1,061 residents at the 2012 census and 979 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012: slower than 94% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Aisne town, the change came in two steps: −1% from 2012 to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
In Bichancourt, 9.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 75% 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
■ Bichancourt 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Bichancourt has 24%. The median age locally is 45.6, higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 90% of compared French towns: 27%
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The figure for couples with children is 24% in Bichancourt and 25% in the typical compared French town.
1.8% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 56% 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
In the last two years, 6.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 30% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. At 6.2%, the share of empty homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,140 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 Bichancourt is €25,140 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 62% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
4.9% of Bichancourt’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 34% by a retired person (32%). Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker 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 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.
Foreign nationals: 0.8%, below 97% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 85% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Bichancourt comes in at 45%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Bichancourt, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 76% 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 a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Bichancourt. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 979 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.
Bichancourt sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
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 Bichancourt
What is the population of Bichancourt?
979 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (1,061).
How old are Bichancourt’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bichancourt?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bichancourt?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bichancourt?
€25,140 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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