Ernemont-Boutavent ranks above 97% of compared French towns on couples with children: 37%
Flats: 3.9% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. On households without a car, Ernemont-Boutavent sits lower than 68% of compared French towns: 7.8%. The 2023 Census counted 172 residents in 75 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in ten here (9.7%).
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 Ernemont-Boutavent
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 19 second homes and occasional dwellings in Ernemont-Boutavent, 19% of its 100 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 89% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ernemont-Boutavent had 191 residents at the 2012 census and 172 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 19% of homes are second homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more. Without a car: one household in 13, against 11% in the median compared French town.
−10% since 2012: slower than 97% 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 +8%, and from 2017 to 2023 −17%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 61% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ernemont-Boutavent 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.2, Ernemont-Boutavent is younger than 56% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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%.
37% of households are one person living alone, more than in 60% 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
A household here holds 2.3 people on average. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€25,580 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 €25,580 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Ernemont-Boutavent ranks above 86% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 19%
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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Ernemont-Boutavent has 19%. Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 25% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals
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 figure for immigrants is 2.3% in Ernemont-Boutavent and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 89% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Ernemont-Boutavent sits below 78% of compared French towns for single residents (22%)
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
46% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 75% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification in Ernemont-Boutavent. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (172 to 2,582 people), the 12th youngest
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).
Ernemont-Boutavent is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ernemont-Boutavent | 43.2 | 20% | 19% | 2.3% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 8.2 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 8.4 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Forges-les-Eaux 3,642 · 11.5 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 12.5 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 16.6 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 16.8 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
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 Ernemont-Boutavent
What is the population of Ernemont-Boutavent?
172 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (191).
How old are Ernemont-Boutavent’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ernemont-Boutavent?
19, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ernemont-Boutavent?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ernemont-Boutavent?
€25,580 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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