A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 50%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In Catigny, 31% of households are couples with children. The 2023 Census counted 176 residents in 82 households. Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.3% of households have no car here.
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 Catigny
Fewer residents than in 2012
Catigny had 198 residents at the 2012 census and 176 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Catigny changed by −11% from 2012 to 2023, behind 98% 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 those years, the median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −4%, then −8% to 2023.
Catigny is older than 65% of compared French towns: a median age of 46.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Catigny 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.9%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 57% of compared French towns: 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Catigny ranks below 95% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 6.3%
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
With one-person households at 31%, Catigny is behind 70% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
100% of homes are houses
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
Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 5.9%. Turnover: 2.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 22% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €27,450 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.
The median standard of living in Catigny is €27,450 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns: 19%
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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Catigny, 6.3%. For comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 88% of compared French towns: 2.3% 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.
With foreign nationals at 1.7%, Catigny is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Catigny
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
Census figures put married residents at 44% in Catigny. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Catigny, 17%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Catigny, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Catigny | 46.2 | 23% | 2% | 2.3% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 4.9 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Roye 5,833 · 8.1 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 8.5 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Ham 4,378 · 9.7 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 11.2 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 12.3 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
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 Catigny
What is the population of Catigny?
176 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (198).
How old are Catigny’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Catigny?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Catigny?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Catigny?
€27,450 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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