13% of households are single parents, more than in 88% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 82% of compared French towns: 20%. 2,042 residents in 870 households: that is Cuise-la-Motte at the 2023 Census. Here, nearly one in ten homes stand empty. The town has more households in social housing than 70% of compared French towns, at 18%.
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 Cuise-la-Motte
Fewer residents than in 2012
Cuise-la-Motte had 2,148 residents at the 2012 census and 2,042 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −5% change since 2012: slower than 88% 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
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20% in Cuise-la-Motte, less than in 61% 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
■ Cuise-la-Motte 43.6. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.6, Cuise-la-Motte is younger than 53% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. One in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Cuise-la-Motte ranks above 67% of compared French towns on couples with children: 28%
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 2.3 people in the average household. At 32%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 65% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
19% of homes are flats, fewer than in 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
Long tenure is the mark of 25% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.2% (under two years). Fewer second homes than in just over half of compared French towns: 2.1%. On households without a car, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,620 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.
Living standards centre on €24,620 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 68% of compared French towns: 6.9%
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
On the census count, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. The wider picture: nearly one in ten 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).
In Cuise-la-Motte, 6.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 69% 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 higher than in 62% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up about one in 12 here (8.3%). Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 68% of compared French towns: 28% of residents 15 and over are single
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
For Cuise-la-Motte, the census puts married residents at 43%. The wider picture: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 76% 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
Adults with no qualification make up 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th youngest 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Cuise-la-Motte is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cuise-la-Motte | 43.6 | 20% | 2.1% | 8.3% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 6.3 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 8 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 8.1 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 8.5 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 8.5 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 9 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
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 Cuise-la-Motte
What is the population of Cuise-la-Motte?
2,042 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (2,148).
How old are Cuise-la-Motte’s residents?
The median age is 43.6, younger than 53% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Cuise-la-Motte?
20, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Cuise-la-Motte?
INSEE counts 170 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 140 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Cuise-la-Motte?
€24,620 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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