More couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
Here 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Half of Bacouël’s residents are under 39.4, younger than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 477 residents in the town, living in 190 households. Census figures put flats at 1.3% locally.
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 Bacouël
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 5.2% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 27 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bacouël’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 57% 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 median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +6% and the next six −3%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 79% of compared French towns: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bacouël 39.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.2%, Bacouël is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Bacouël sits below 98% of compared French towns for single-parent households (5.2%)
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
With one-person households at 27%, Bacouël is behind 88% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents. Average household size: 2.5 people.
Bacouël ranks above 88% of compared French towns on empty homes: 12%
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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 4.4% of homes are second homes here. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 4.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 21%. Higher than in 56% of compared French towns: 12% of households have no car.
€23,870 a year: the median standard of living
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 €23,870 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
In Bacouël, 48% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 96% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 16%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households headed by a manual worker: 8% here, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person 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 91% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Bacouël has 1.4%. As a reference point, 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 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
In Bacouël, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 16%, a lower share than 96% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (24%), Bacouël is above 73% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 477 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Bacouël
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bacouël | 39.4 | 18% | 4.4% | 2.1% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 4.1 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 8.4 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 8.7 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 9.1 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 11.4 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 13.6 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
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 Bacouël
What is the population of Bacouël?
477 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (462).
How old are Bacouël’s residents?
The median age is 39.4, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bacouël?
10, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bacouël?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bacouël?
€23,870 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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