A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
Nearly a third of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Few places have so few flats: 4.9% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in six: 18% of residents are 65 or over.
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 Escames
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Escames, 11% of its 120 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here 8.7% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
Growth of +7% since 2012 puts Escames ahead of 60% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Oise town +2%.
A median age of 41.7: Escames is younger than 68% 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
■ Escames 41.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in nine here (11%).
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Escames ranks below 68% of compared French towns on one-person households: 32%
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
Each household has 2.3 people on average. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€27,960 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.
The median standard of living in Escames is €27,960 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 70% of compared French towns.
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 73% 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 the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Escames, 11%. Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 55% of compared French towns: 32%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Escames, 3.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 81% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Escames. Immigrants make up 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 86% of compared French towns: 36%
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
Here 21% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Escames sits above 74% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (24%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Escames has 24%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 226 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Escames, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Escames | 41.7 | 18% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 6.4 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 9.8 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 12.5 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Forges-les-Eaux 3,642 · 12.6 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 13.9 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 14.8 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 Escames
What is the population of Escames?
226 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (211).
How old are Escames’ residents?
The median age is 41.7, younger than 68% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Escames?
13, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Escames?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Escames?
€27,960 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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