Bonvillers ranks above 97% of compared French towns on couples with children: 38%
The share of households in social housing is 2.4%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.7% in Bonvillers. On households without a car, Bonvillers sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 3.7%. The town’s 80 households held 189 residents at 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 Bonvillers
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bonvillers had 219 residents at the 2012 census and 189 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bonvillers’s population moved −14% on 2012, less than in 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −7%, then −7% to 2023. Over those years, the median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Only 17% of residents are 65 or over in Bonvillers
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bonvillers 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.7, Bonvillers is older than just over two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 25% of households are one person living alone
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Bonvillers sits above 86% of compared French towns for second homes (8.2%)
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
Some 9.8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 24% who have been there 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten homes stand empty. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €28,090 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 €28,090 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
In Bonvillers, 31% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
25% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.2% of 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).
Immigrants: 1%, a lower share than 99% 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% in Bonvillers. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. 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.
Married residents make up 54% in Bonvillers, more than in 99% 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
Single residents: 18%, below 98% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 35%, a higher share than 67% 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 the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Bonvillers, 21%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (189 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bonvillers is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonvillers | 46.7 | 17% | 8.2% | 1% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 4.1 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 6.8 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 10.6 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 11.3 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 12.4 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 13.5 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 Bonvillers
What is the population of Bonvillers?
189 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (219).
How old are Bonvillers’ residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bonvillers?
8, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bonvillers?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bonvillers?
€28,090 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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