In Osches, 60% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 4.3% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Locally, 6.3% of residents are 15 to 24. Lower than in 95% of compared French towns: 20% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Osches
A town of families
60% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Osches had 51 residents at the 2012 census and 60 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Osches outgrew 87% of compared French towns: +18%
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Meuse town −8%.
Osches is younger than 81% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Osches 39.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 17% of residents are 65 or over in Osches.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 117 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 20% in Osches, 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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.7 people in the average household. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 5.8% of homes stand empty, or about one in 17.
Osches ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 40%
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 20% in Osches and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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).
3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% of compared French towns
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.
In Osches, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in four fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 62% of compared French towns, at 24%
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 54% of compared French towns: 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 9.5%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 40%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 60 to 2,582 people, the 2nd youngest
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.
4 in 5 nearby towns have a higher median age than Osches
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Osches | 39.6 | 17% | 0% | 3.2% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 9.6 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 9.8 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 10.6 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 16 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 16.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
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 Osches
What is the population of Osches?
60 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (51).
How old are Osches’ residents?
The median age is 39.6, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Osches?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Osches?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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