14% of households are single parents, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
With a median age of 40.7, Bornel is younger than three quarters of compared French towns. The census found that 18% of households are headed by a manual worker locally. The town is home to 4,832 residents in 2,050 households, by the 2023 Census. In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM); locally, 15%.
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.
+2% since 2012: slower than 61% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Oise town, the change came in two steps: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bornel 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Bornel: 31% of households are couples with children, above 79% 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
Households average 2.4 people. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns.
Bornel ranks below 63% of compared French towns on households without a car: 8.6%
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
There is little gap on second homes: 1.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. For Bornel, the census puts flats at 27%. 6.9% of homes stand empty, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,960 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,960 a year: higher than in 70% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 7.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Below 78% of compared French towns: 27% of households are headed by a retired person
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
At 9.6%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is higher than in just over half of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
Bornel: 6.6% of 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 higher than in 50% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. On the census count, 4.2% 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.
Bornel sits below 60% of compared French towns for single residents (24%)
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
On the census count, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bornel
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
Adults with no qualification come to 19% in Bornel, about two in ten. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,793 to 4,873 people), the 7th 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.
Rosières-près-Troyes is the youngest (32.7); La Turballe the oldest (60.2).
No nearby town is as old as Bornel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bornel | 40.7 | 17% | 1.4% | 6.6% |
| Chambly 9,959 · 3.2 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 0.9% | 8.6% |
| Méru 13,897 · 3.9 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.7% | 19% |
| Neuilly-en-Thelle 4,127 · 4 mi | 36.7 | 14% | 0.9% | 6.4% |
| Andeville 3,434 · 4.2 mi | 39 | 15% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Champagne-sur-Oise 5,036 · 4.8 mi | 39.3 | 15% | 1% | 9.2% |
| Persan 14,359 · 4.9 mi | 32.9 | 10% | 0.3% | 27% |
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 Bornel
What is the population of Bornel?
4,832 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (4,734).
How old are Bornel’s residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bornel?
32, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bornel?
INSEE counts 320 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 200 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bornel?
€27,960 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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