Half of Cuignières is under 35.6, younger than 95% of compared French towns
One-person households: 20%, below 99% of compared French towns. Still, households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns. Cuignières’s 100 households held 274 residents at the 2023 Census. About one in 100: that is how common households without a car are in Cuignières (1%).
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 Cuignières
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Cuignières’ residents are under 35.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are under 15 and 7.5% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Cuignières had 230 residents at the 2012 census and 274 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +19% change since 2012: faster than 89% 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 change was +8% from 2012 to 2017 and +10% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Oise town +2%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 7.5%, a lower share than 99% 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
■ Cuignières 35.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Cuignières, 7.5%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 40%
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. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Cuignières ranks above 64% of compared French towns on empty homes: 8%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 20%. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.8%.
A typical living standard of €27,830 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 Cuignières’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,830 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
In Cuignières, 15% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 0.4% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Cuignières has 47%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 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
Compared with other places, graduates of higher education are scarce here: 29%, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 274 to 2,582 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.
Cuignières is the youngest (35.6); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Cuignières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuignières | 35.6 | 7.5% | 1.8% | 0.7% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 4.2 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Fitz-James 2,514 · 4.7 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 0.5% | 6.6% |
| Clermont 10,564 · 5.7 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 8.5% |
| Agnetz 3,058 · 5.9 mi | 44.4 | 18% | 1% | 3% |
| Breuil-le-Vert 3,183 · 6.3 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Estrées-Saint-Denis 3,664 · 7.8 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
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 Cuignières
What is the population of Cuignières?
274 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (230).
How old are Cuignières’ residents?
The median age is 35.6, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 7.5% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cuignières?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cuignières?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cuignières?
€27,830 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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