Couples with children make up 37% in Catenoy, more than in 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%; Catenoy has 1.9%. Across Catenoy, 4% of homes stand empty. On flats, Catenoy sits lower than 97% of compared French towns: 4.4%. Its 470 households held 1,125 residents at the 2023 Census.
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 Catenoy
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 8.3% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Catenoy grew +12% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 75% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought +4%; 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Oise town +2%.
17% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 80% 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
■ Catenoy 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 72% of compared French towns: 9.6%. Half of Catenoy’s residents are over 44.7, older than in 55% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Catenoy sits below 96% of compared French towns for one-person households (24%)
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 here average 2.4 people each. 8.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
5.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 86% 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
In the last two years, 4.7% of households moved in; at the other end, 31% have stayed 30 years or more. 1.6% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 61% of compared French towns. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,640 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.
Living standards centre on €28,640 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 71% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Catenoy. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.2% in Catenoy, less than in 89% 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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Catenoy has 1.1%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
In Catenoy, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns
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
Married residents: 49% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 14% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Catenoy has fewer graduates of higher education than 55% of compared French towns, at 29%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,125 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Catenoy, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catenoy | 44.7 | 17% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Liancourt 6,785 · 3.5 mi | 38.4 | 17% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Breuil-le-Vert 3,183 · 4.1 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Fitz-James 2,514 · 4.2 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 0.5% | 6.6% |
| Rantigny 2,524 · 4.3 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 0.7% | 8.8% |
| Clermont 10,564 · 4.6 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 8.5% |
| Cauffry 2,649 · 4.8 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 0.5% | 8.6% |
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 Catenoy
What is the population of Catenoy?
1,125 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,002).
How old are Catenoy’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Catenoy?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Catenoy?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Catenoy?
€28,640 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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