16% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Residents aged 65 and over make up 18%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. In 2023, the Census found 495 residents in Bienville, living in 190 households. Census figures put flats at 9.1% here. Few places have so few households in social housing: 6.6% here, fewer than in nearly four fifths 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 Bienville
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 2.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+8% since 2012, a pace 63% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Oise town +2%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −4%; from 2017 to 2023, +12%.
Younger than 61% of compared French towns: half of Bienville is under 42.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bienville 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Bienville has 10%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are couples with children, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
25% of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. What’s more, fewer single-parent households than in 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%.
In Bienville, 7.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 68% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 13% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 29%. At 1.5%, the share of second homes is lower than in 63% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes make up 6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €28,940 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.
Half of residents live in households above €28,940 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 19%, a higher share than 87% 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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 15% in Bienville. Typically, nearly one in ten 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).
A larger share of immigrants than 63% of compared French towns: 8.4%
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.
Foreign nationals: 5.7% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 63% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 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.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 72% 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
By its share of single residents (23%), Bienville is below 70% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Bienville, 37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 72% 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 share of adults with no qualification stands at 19%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 495 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Bienville, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bienville | 42.7 | 18% | 1.5% | 8.4% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 1.7 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 1.9 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 2.4 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Venette 2,758 · 2.6 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 3 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 3 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
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 Bienville
What is the population of Bienville?
495 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (459).
How old are Bienville’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bienville?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bienville?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.4% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (5.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bienville?
€28,940 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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