More couples with children than 94% of compared French towns: 36%
2.3% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Second homes make up about one in 12 here (8.5%). Fewer households in social housing than in 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%. There were 320 households in Baron at the 2023 Census, home to 729 residents.
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 Baron
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 7.8% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Baron had 789 residents at the 2012 census and 729 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 94% of compared French towns grew faster than Baron: −8%
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −4%; 2017 to 2023, −4%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Oise town +2%.
Baron is older than 64% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Baron 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 22%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Baron ranks below 84% of compared French towns on one-person households: 28%
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Few places have so few single-parent households: 7.8% here, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 83% of compared French towns: 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
The figure for households without a car is 6.3% in Baron and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €32,930 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.
At €32,930 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 78% of compared French towns: 16%
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
9.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, fewer households headed by a retired person than in 73% of compared French towns: 28%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Baron, 3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 82% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.9% in Baron. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Baron
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
Married residents: 47%, above 77% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 39% in Baron, more than in 77% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Baron has 15%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 729 to 2,582
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Baron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Baron | 46.2 | 22% | 8.5% | 3% |
| Nanteuil-le-Haudouin 4,258 · 4.3 mi | 37.1 | 13% | 1% | 7.4% |
| Le Plessis-Belleville 4,009 · 5.3 mi | 37.2 | 14% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Senlis 15,157 · 7 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Othis 6,717 · 7.2 mi | 39.5 | 14% | 0.7% | 8.6% |
| Saint-Pathus 6,479 · 7.3 mi | 37.4 | 12% | 0.8% | 7.5% |
| Crépy-en-Valois 14,351 · 8 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 11% |
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 Baron
What is the population of Baron?
729 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (789).
How old are Baron’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Baron?
30, with occasional dwellings: 8.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Baron?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Baron?
€32,930 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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