Couples with children: 33%, a higher share than 88% of compared French towns
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (20%), Bury is above 84% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 2,838 people lived locally, in 1,230 households. Put another way, about one in eight: 12% of homes are flats. Lower than in 68% of compared French towns: 8.5% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 Bury
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 7.3% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bury had 2,977 residents at the 2012 census and 2,838 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bury changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 87% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −4%.
20% of residents are 65 or over, below 67% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bury 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bury is 42.9, lower than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 87% of compared French towns: 7.3%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Bury has 30%. As a yardstick, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
9% of households have no car, fewer than in 60% 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
Without a car: one household in 11, against 11% in the median compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 25% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.6% (under two years). 7.8% of homes stand empty, more than in 62% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €26,630 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,630 a year: higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 10.0% of the population.
30% of households are headed by a retired person, below 63% 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
8.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a lower share than in 53% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.1% in Bury, less than in 73% 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.
2.7% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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.
Fewer single residents than 63% of compared French towns: 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
The share of married residents stands at 42%. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 22%, a lower share than 78% 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 figure for adults with no qualification is 25% in Bury and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (2,804 to 2,872 people), the 10th 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.
Miremont is the youngest (37.7); L'Aiguillon-la-Presqu'île the oldest (66.6).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Bury
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bury | 42.9 | 20% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Mouy 5,319 · 1.2 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.8% |
| Cires-lès-Mello 3,978 · 3 mi | 39.9 | 19% | 3.1% | 6% |
| Cauffry 2,649 · 4.3 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 0.5% | 8.6% |
| Rantigny 2,524 · 4.5 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 0.7% | 8.8% |
| Laigneville 4,926 · 4.7 mi | 37.3 | 16% | 0.6% | 11% |
| Breuil-le-Vert 3,183 · 5.1 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
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 Bury
What is the population of Bury?
2,838 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (2,977).
How old are Bury’s residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bury?
24, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bury?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 78 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bury?
€26,630 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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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