15% of homes in Élencourt are second homes
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Élencourt’s 22 households held 48 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Élencourt, 40% of households are single parents. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%; Élencourt has 3.7%.
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 Élencourt
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Élencourt, 15% of its 27 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Élencourt had 56 residents at the 2012 census and 48 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in seven in Élencourt is a second home
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. Newcomers of less than two years account for 4.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%.
A change of −14% since 2012 leaves Élencourt behind 99% 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 median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six −9%.
In Élencourt, 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 90% 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
■ Élencourt 49. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Élencourt, 19%. The median age here is 49, higher than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 118 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 20% of households are couples with children in Élencourt
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
One-person households make up 40%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people.
Élencourt: 40% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 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
In Élencourt, 20% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.2% of residents are immigrants, below 72% 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.
About one in 24: that is how common foreign nationals are in Élencourt (4.2%). The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Élencourt ranks below 89% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Élencourt, 46%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 66% 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 is 27%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 48 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
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).
3 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Élencourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Élencourt | 49 | 19% | 15% | 4.2% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 3 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 10.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Forges-les-Eaux 3,642 · 16.7 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 16.8 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
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 Élencourt
What is the population of Élencourt?
48 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (56).
How old are Élencourt’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Élencourt?
4, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Élencourt?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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