Below 99% of compared French towns: 16% of households are one person living alone
Second homes: 5.1% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Œuilly counted 293 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 13 here (7.8%). Few places have so few households without a car: 5.8% here, fewer than in 82% 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.
+5% since 2012: slower than 51% 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
The change was +4% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023.
Œuilly sits below 74% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (19%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Œuilly 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Œuilly’s residents are under 44, younger than in just over half of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Œuilly: 32% of households are couples with children, above 82% 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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
12% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people.
100% of homes are houses
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 5.8% of homes stand empty.
A typical living standard of €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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,140 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 63% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in Œuilly.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Œuilly sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (1%)
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.
Here 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. 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.
Only 15% of residents 15 and over are single in Œuilly
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
The figure for married residents is 54% in Œuilly and 43% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 85% of compared French towns: 20%
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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 293 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Œuilly: 2 of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Œuilly | 44 | 19% | 5.1% | 1% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 5.8 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Laon 24,220 · 12.3 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.8% | 9.4% |
| Athies-sous-Laon 2,578 · 12.5 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.7% | 2% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne 2,792 · 13.3 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 15 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 15.1 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
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 Œuilly
What is the population of Œuilly?
293 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (280).
How old are Œuilly’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Œuilly?
7, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Œuilly?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Œuilly?
€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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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