Cires-lès-Mello is younger than 80% of compared French towns: a median age of 39.9
Households without a car make up 6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Cires-lès-Mello’s population at 3,978, in 1,540 households. In Cires-lès-Mello, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker. At 29%, the share of couples with children is higher than in 69% 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.
+8% since 2012, a pace 62% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
Cires-lès-Mello ranks below 74% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Cires-lès-Mello 39.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (12%), Cires-lès-Mello is above 70% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 32% of households are one person living alone
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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents here. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
Households in social housing: 18%, a higher share than 71% 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 7.5% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 22% who have been there 30 years or more. At 24%, the share of flats is lower than in 60% of compared French towns. Typically, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. For Cires-lès-Mello, the census puts second homes at 3.1%.
A median standard of living of €25,970 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 residents live in households above €25,970 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 50% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 12.0%.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 8.1%, a lower share than 58% 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
The census found that 31% of households are headed by a retired person in Cires-lès-Mello. As a yardstick, 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).
3.8% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 55% 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.
The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 54% of compared French towns. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Cires-lès-Mello, 34% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 90% 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: 36% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Cires-lès-Mello: 28% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 87% 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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 76% of compared French towns: 23%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 3,955 to 4,002 people, the 3rd 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.
Ages run from 39.7 in Plouvien to 64.9 in Erquy.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Cires-lès-Mello 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cires-lès-Mello | 39.9 | 19% | 3.1% | 6% |
| Bury 2,838 · 3 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Mouy 5,319 · 3.7 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 1.6% | 5.8% |
| Montataire 14,257 · 3.7 mi | 34.5 | 13% | 0.4% | 26% |
| Précy-sur-Oise 3,332 · 4.2 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 0.6% | 5% |
| Neuilly-en-Thelle 4,127 · 4.3 mi | 36.7 | 14% | 0.9% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Leu-d'Esserent 4,638 · 4.5 mi | 41.9 | 19% | 0.9% | 7.1% |
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 Cires-lès-Mello
What is the population of Cires-lès-Mello?
3,978 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (3,696).
How old are Cires-lès-Mello’s residents?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cires-lès-Mello?
52, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cires-lès-Mello?
INSEE counts 240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cires-lès-Mello?
€25,970 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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