A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
Second homes: 7.9%, above 85% of compared French towns. Babœuf had 508 residents in 210 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 5.1% of households have no car. At 8.5%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Babœuf
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.1% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Babœuf had 531 residents at the 2012 census and 508 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 86% 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
Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 21% in Babœuf, less than in 57% 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
■ Babœuf 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Babœuf is 43.8, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are couples with children, more than in 94% 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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 29%, below just over four fifths of compared French towns. Lower than in 89% of compared French towns: 7.1% of households are single parents. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. Households here average 2.4 people each.
99% 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
5.4% of households moved in less than two years ago; 29% have been in their home 30 years or more. On empty homes, Babœuf sits higher than 54% of compared French towns: 7.1%. Car-free households: one in 20, where the median compared French town has 11%.
At the median, €26,220 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €26,220 a year: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 5% in Babœuf, less than in 85% of compared French towns
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (17%), Babœuf is above 69% of compared French towns. On households headed by a retired person, Babœuf sits higher than just over four fifths of compared French towns: 39%. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals make up 7.6% in Babœuf, more than in 72% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Babœuf has 8%. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. That is higher than in three fifths 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.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Babœuf has 23%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Babœuf: 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 74% 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 figure for graduates of higher education is 26% in Babœuf and 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 508 to 2,582 people
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.
Babœuf sits below 3 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 Babœuf
What is the population of Babœuf?
508 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (531).
How old are Babœuf’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Babœuf?
19, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Babœuf?
INSEE counts 41 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Babœuf?
€26,220 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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