Half of Creil is under 31.8, younger than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 19% of households are headed by a retired person in Creil. This Oise town counted 36,301 residents and 13,030 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 83% here. 0.6% of homes are second homes, a lower share than in 94% 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 Creil
Immigrants
INSEE counts 12,200 immigrants in Creil (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 34% of residents, against 7.4% for the median compared commune in Oise. 30% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Creil’s residents are under 31.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Social housing
51% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 27% rent privately and 21% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 59% of compared French towns: Creil changed by +7% since 2012
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Oise.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns, at 11%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Creil 31.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 15%, Creil is ahead of 95% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
In Creil, 34% of households are couples with children, more than in 89% 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
There are 2.7 people in the average household. Single-parent households are more common here than in 98% of compared French towns. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of one-person households here, 35%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 51% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
Car-free households: one in three, where the median compared French town has 11%. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. The census found that nearly a third of households have no car in Creil. Few places have as many empty homes: 6.9% here, more than in 52% of compared French towns.
€16,820 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.
Half of residents live in households above €16,820 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 43.5% of residents.
26% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 99% of compared French towns: 34% 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.
The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. The census found that 30% of residents are foreign nationals in Creil.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 38% in Creil, more than in 96% 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
Here, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 37%, a higher share than 99% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Creil. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 34,632 to 38,423 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 Saint-Martin-d'Hères (29.9), the youngest, and Saint-Raphaël (58.9), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Creil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Creil | 31.8 | 11% | 0.6% | 34% |
| Nogent-sur-Oise 21,907 · 1.3 mi | 34.8 | 14% | 0.7% | 27% |
| Montataire 14,257 · 1.9 mi | 34.5 | 13% | 0.4% | 26% |
| Villers-Saint-Paul 6,480 · 2.2 mi | 36.9 | 15% | 0.9% | 18% |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte 4,775 · 2.6 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Maximin 3,335 · 2.8 mi | 36.4 | 15% | 0.5% | 14% |
| Laigneville 4,926 · 3.2 mi | 37.3 | 16% | 0.6% | 11% |
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 Creil
What is the population of Creil?
36,301 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (33,936).
How old are Creil’s residents?
The median age is 31.8, younger than 99% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Creil?
78, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Creil?
INSEE counts 12,240 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 34% of residents, and 10,760 foreign nationals (30%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Creil?
€16,820 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 43.5% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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