38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 90% of compared French towns: 23%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 0.7% here, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 415 residents and 150 households in Canny-sur-Matz. For Canny-sur-Matz, the census puts flats at 2.8%.
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 Canny-sur-Matz
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Canny-sur-Matz’s residents are under 37.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+11% since 2012, a pace 73% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Oise town +2%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 12%, a lower share than 98% 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
■ Canny-sur-Matz 37.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Canny-sur-Matz. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age locally is 37.2, lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
19% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, one in ten households are single parents; in Canny-sur-Matz, 13%. A household here holds 2.7 people on average. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
4.6% of homes in Canny-sur-Matz are second homes
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
In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 22% have stayed 30 years or more. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 7.1%, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 8.1% in Canny-sur-Matz.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,250 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 Canny-sur-Matz’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,250 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 68% of compared French towns: 7%
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
About one in eight: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Canny-sur-Matz (13%). The usual figure: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Canny-sur-Matz, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 97% 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.
Immigrants make up 2.7%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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 tops 96% of compared French towns: 52%. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 19% in Canny-sur-Matz, less than in 89% 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
Adults with no qualification are more common here than in 51% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 415 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Canny-sur-Matz (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Canny-sur-Matz is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Canny-sur-Matz | 37.2 | 12% | 4.6% | 2.7% |
| Roye 5,833 · 6.8 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 8.1 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 9.1 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 9.3 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 9.8 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 10.5 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
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 Canny-sur-Matz
What is the population of Canny-sur-Matz?
415 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (373).
How old are Canny-sur-Matz’s residents?
The median age is 37.2, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Canny-sur-Matz?
8, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Canny-sur-Matz?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Canny-sur-Matz?
€26,250 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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