A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.6%
Here 38% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Dives counted 376 residents and 170 households at the 2023 Census. Across Dives, 5.6% of households have no car. Fewer one-person households than in 82% of compared French towns: 29%.
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 Dives
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Dives changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 61% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +9%, and from 2017 to 2023 −6%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 77% of compared French towns, at 9.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Dives 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Dives has 24%. With a median age of 44, Dives is younger than half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 55% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 9.3%. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Dives sits above 86% of compared French towns for empty homes (12%)
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
One household in 18 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Fewer flats than in 84% of compared French towns: 12%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 10% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 27%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,210 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 Dives’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,210 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 12%, a higher share than 66% 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 share of households headed by a manual worker is 16%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 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).
2.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
With foreign nationals at 1.4%, Dives is behind 88% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Dives, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer 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: 46%, above 73% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 92% 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
25% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 376 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Dives
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dives | 44 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.7% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 5.3 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 5.3 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 7.5 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 8.5 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Roye 5,833 · 8.9 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 10.3 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
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 Dives
What is the population of Dives?
376 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (368).
How old are Dives’ residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Dives?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Dives?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Dives?
€26,210 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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