Canny-sur-Thérain ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 44%
Where 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, Canny-sur-Thérain has 1.1%. 14% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 94% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Canny-sur-Thérain was home to 222 people in 90 households. Here, 7.7% of households have no car.
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-Thérain
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Canny-sur-Thérain, 11% of its 110 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Canny-sur-Thérain’s residents are under 37.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 20% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 11% in Canny-sur-Thérain, more than in 89% 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
Some 12% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 12% who have been there 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 7.3%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: +1% since 2012, behind 64% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Oise town +2%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Canny-sur-Thérain is younger than 91% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.1
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-Thérain 37.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 12% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
5.6% of households are single parents, below 98% 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
Where just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Canny-sur-Thérain has 33%. There are 2.5 people in the average household. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
€24,340 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €24,340 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Only 5.6% of households are headed by a retired person in Canny-sur-Thérain
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 44% in Canny-sur-Thérain. In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
30% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 79% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
40% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 96% of compared French towns: 16%
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: 25%, above 77% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 222 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.
At the ends of the range sit Canny-sur-Thérain (37.1), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Canny-sur-Thérain 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-Thérain | 37.1 | 12% | 11% | 0.4% |
| Forges-les-Eaux 3,642 · 7.7 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 8.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 10.9 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray 4,662 · 15.2 mi | 51.7 | 34% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 16.2 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Buchy 2,815 · 16.4 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 1.8% | 0.9% |
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-Thérain
What is the population of Canny-sur-Thérain?
222 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (219).
How old are Canny-sur-Thérain’s residents?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Canny-sur-Thérain?
12, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Canny-sur-Thérain?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Canny-sur-Thérain?
€24,340 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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