A higher share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns, at 45%
Flats: 0.7% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 2.2% of the total. 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 91% of compared French towns. Blicourt is home to 356 residents in 140 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Blicourt
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +11% since 2012 puts Blicourt ahead of 73% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +9%; 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 82% of compared French towns: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Blicourt 43.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Blicourt is 43.7, lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Blicourt
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
Average household size: 2.5 people. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Only 0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Blicourt
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 2.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 28%. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5%, fewer than in three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 4.4% of homes are second homes in Blicourt.
Median standard of living: €27,030 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 Blicourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,030 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Blicourt sits above 74% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (37%)
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 11% in Blicourt and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly a third 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 smaller share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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 1.7% in Blicourt. To put it in context, 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.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 94% 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
The share of married residents is 50%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Blicourt. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 356 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Blicourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blicourt | 43.7 | 17% | 4.4% | 2.8% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 3.4 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 8.9 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 8.9 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 11.7 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 13.4 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 13.6 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
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 Blicourt
What is the population of Blicourt?
356 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (320).
How old are Blicourt’s residents?
The median age is 43.7, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blicourt?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blicourt?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blicourt?
€27,030 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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