26% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Béthisy-Saint-Pierre. This Oise town counted 3,111 residents and 1,380 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 19% in the town. On one-person households, Béthisy-Saint-Pierre sits lower than 62% of compared French towns: 33%.
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 Béthisy-Saint-Pierre
Fewer residents than in 2012
Béthisy-Saint-Pierre had 3,247 residents at the 2012 census and 3,111 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Béthisy-Saint-Pierre changed by −4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 85% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Oise town +2%.
A median age of 41: Béthisy-Saint-Pierre is younger than 73% 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
■ Béthisy-Saint-Pierre 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 10% in Béthisy-Saint-Pierre.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are couples with children, more than in 60% 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
Just over one in ten households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
In Béthisy-Saint-Pierre, 1.1% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 75% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 24% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 11% (under two years). Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 56% of compared French towns: 12% of households have no car. Empty homes: 7.3%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
A median of €24,630 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €24,630 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 14.0% of the population.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 5.1%, a lower share than 84% 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
Here 27% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 77% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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.
The figure for foreign nationals is 1.6% in Béthisy-Saint-Pierre and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 39% of residents 15 and over are married in Béthisy-Saint-Pierre
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single, a lower share than in 51% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 19%, a lower share than 90% 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
With adults with no qualification at 29%, Béthisy-Saint-Pierre is ahead of 89% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
6th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 3,085 to 3,137
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 Vémars (35.8), the oldest La Tranche-sur-Mer (64.6).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Béthisy-Saint-Pierre
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béthisy-Saint-Pierre | 41 | 19% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Verberie 3,898 · 3.2 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 3.9 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
| Crépy-en-Valois 14,351 · 6.3 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Pontpoint 3,275 · 7 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 7.3 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Venette 2,758 · 8 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
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 Béthisy-Saint-Pierre
What is the population of Béthisy-Saint-Pierre?
3,111 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (3,247).
How old are Béthisy-Saint-Pierre’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Béthisy-Saint-Pierre?
17, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Béthisy-Saint-Pierre?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Béthisy-Saint-Pierre?
€24,630 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 14.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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