42% of households are couples with children, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
The figure for households without a car is 2.5% in Cauvigny and 11% in the typical compared French town. There were 640 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 1,669 residents. Residents aged 65 and over: 14% of the total. Few places have as many households headed by a manager or professional: 18% here, more than in 84% of compared French towns.
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 Cauvigny
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 4.1% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +14% since 2012 puts Cauvigny ahead of 81% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
A median age of 40.5: Cauvigny is younger than 76% 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
■ Cauvigny 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in nine.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 19% of households are one person living alone in Cauvigny
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
The share of single-parent households is 4.1%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.6 people each.
A lower share of flats than 96% of compared French towns, at 4.6%
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
Turnover: 6.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 6% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%).
The median resident lives on €29,170 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.
At €29,170 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 92% 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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Cauvigny, 21%. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns, at 3.3%
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%, Cauvigny is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Only 17% of adults out of school have no qualification in Cauvigny
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, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Cauvigny, 28%. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,669 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Cauvigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cauvigny | 40.5 | 14% | 6% | 3.3% |
| Sainte-Geneviève 3,505 · 2.5 mi | 36.6 | 13% | 1.4% | 5.9% |
| Noailles 2,877 · 2.6 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 4.9% |
| Mouy 5,319 · 3.4 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.8% |
| Bury 2,838 · 4.5 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Andeville 3,434 · 4.8 mi | 39 | 15% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Cires-lès-Mello 3,978 · 5.5 mi | 39.9 | 19% | 3.1% | 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 Cauvigny
What is the population of Cauvigny?
1,669 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,459).
How old are Cauvigny’s residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cauvigny?
44, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cauvigny?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 28 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cauvigny?
€29,170 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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