Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% of households rent social housing (HLM)
The figure for households without a car is 3.7% in Arsy and 11% in the typical compared French town. The share of flats stands at 6.5%. Few places have as many couples with children: 31% here, more than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. This Oise town had 832 residents in 350 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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.
A +6% change since 2012: Arsy grew faster than 56% 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 first five years brought −2%; the six to 2023, +8%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.9% in Arsy, less than in 93% 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
■ Arsy 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Arsy’s residents are under 42.7, younger than in three fifths of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over: nearly a quarter of the total. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 92% of compared French towns: 26%
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Arsy has fewer single-parent households than 50% of compared French towns, at 10%. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Fewer second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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
Of all households, 9.3% moved in during the last two years and 33% have stayed three decades or more. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Arsy has more empty homes than 56% of compared French towns, at 7.3%.
A typical living standard of €27,500 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 €27,500 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
36% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 68% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 61% of compared French towns: 11%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. For Arsy, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 17%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 91% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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 Arsy, 4.3% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 70% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Arsy, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Arsy. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 56% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
On adults with no qualification, Arsy sits higher than just over half of compared French towns: 19%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
41 French towns of 832 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Arsy, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Arsy | 42.7 | 23% | 0.8% | 4.3% |
| Estrées-Saint-Denis 3,664 · 2.5 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Venette 2,758 · 5.5 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 5.6 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 6.1 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 6.4 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
| Verberie 3,898 · 6.8 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
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 Arsy
What is the population of Arsy?
832 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (783).
How old are Arsy’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Arsy?
3, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Arsy?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Arsy?
€27,500 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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