0.6% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Borest has 32%. 367 residents in 150 households: that is Borest at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 3.7% of homes are flats. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 96% 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 Borest
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
56% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 23% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+9% since 2012, a pace 66% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Oise town +2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, +10%.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Borest
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Borest 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Borest is 44.6, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
A larger share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 35%
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. On the census count, 29% of households are one person living alone. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
Borest ranks above 67% of compared French towns on second homes: 3.5%
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 19% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 9.6% (under two years). Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.3%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
€39,980 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €39,980 a year: higher than in 99% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 6.4% in Borest, less than in 93% 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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.3% of Borest’s residents are immigrants
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. On the census count, 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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 in the typical compared French town, against 19% in Borest. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Borest: 56% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 96% 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 is 13%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
17th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 367 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Borest are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borest | 44.6 | 18% | 3.5% | 6.3% |
| Senlis 15,157 · 4.1 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Le Plessis-Belleville 4,009 · 7 mi | 37.2 | 14% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Nanteuil-le-Haudouin 4,258 · 7.2 mi | 37.1 | 13% | 1% | 7.4% |
| Othis 6,717 · 7.2 mi | 39.5 | 14% | 0.7% | 8.6% |
| La Chapelle-en-Serval 3,084 · 7.4 mi | 38.2 | 12% | 1.9% | 8.6% |
| Orry-la-Ville 3,583 · 7.7 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 2.3% | 7.4% |
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 Borest
What is the population of Borest?
367 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (337).
How old are Borest’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Borest?
6, with occasional dwellings: 3.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Borest?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Borest?
€39,980 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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