In Bailleval, 2.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of flats is 5.9%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Bailleval’s population at 1,483, in 620 households. Census figures put one-person households at 24% here.
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 Bailleval
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 6.4% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bailleval changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 67% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
Older than 61% of compared French towns: half of Bailleval is over 45.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bailleval 45.6. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 20% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Bailleval ranks above 88% of compared French towns on couples with children: 33%
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
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 6.4% in Bailleval. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. On average, 2.4 people share a household.
5.2% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns
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, 6.6% moved in during the last two years and 29% have stayed three decades or more. Second homes are more common here than in just over half of compared French towns. Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €29,070 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.
Half of residents live in households above €29,070 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 69% of compared French towns: 11%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Bailleval has 35%. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bailleval ranks below 92% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.1%
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 2.9% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 higher share of married residents than 90% of compared French towns, at 50%
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
With single residents at 22%, Bailleval is behind just over four fifths of compared French towns on that count. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 73% 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
In Bailleval, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,483 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st oldest
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).
No nearby town is as old as Bailleval
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bailleval | 45.6 | 20% | 2.1% | 2.9% |
| Liancourt 6,785 · 1.1 mi | 38.4 | 17% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Rantigny 2,524 · 1.4 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 0.7% | 8.8% |
| Cauffry 2,649 · 2.1 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 0.5% | 8.6% |
| Breuil-le-Vert 3,183 · 2.3 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Laigneville 4,926 · 3.3 mi | 37.3 | 16% | 0.6% | 11% |
| Clermont 10,564 · 3.3 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 8.5% |
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 Bailleval
What is the population of Bailleval?
1,483 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,473).
How old are Bailleval’s residents?
The median age is 45.6, older than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bailleval?
14, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bailleval?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bailleval?
€29,070 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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