Above 99% of compared French towns: 40% of households are couples with children
Households without a car make up 3.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 1% of households rent social housing (HLM). Lower than in 97% of compared French towns: 3.8% of homes are flats. Census day 2023: 505 residents and 210 households in Essuiles.
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 Essuiles
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 2.4% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Essuiles had 555 residents at the 2012 census and 505 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 96% of compared French towns: Essuiles changed by −9% since 2012
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 +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
5.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 99% 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
■ Essuiles 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Essuiles’s residents are over 44.8, older than in 55% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Locally, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Essuiles ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 21%
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
The average household has 2.4 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Second homes: 4.2%, a higher share than 73% 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
In the last two years, 4.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 31% have stayed 30 years or more. More empty homes than in 51% of compared French towns: 6.8%. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
€28,140 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,140 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 71% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Essuiles. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.2%, a lower share than 98% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
16% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 51% in Essuiles. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Essuiles ranks below 55% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 18%
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
Graduates of higher education: 30% of the total. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 18th 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).
No nearby town is as old as Essuiles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Essuiles | 44.8 | 21% | 4.2% | 1.2% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 4.9 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 7.3 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Agnetz 3,058 · 7.5 mi | 44.4 | 18% | 1% | 3% |
| Fitz-James 2,514 · 8.9 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 0.5% | 6.6% |
| Clermont 10,564 · 9.1 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 8.5% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 9.1 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 Essuiles
What is the population of Essuiles?
505 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (555).
How old are Essuiles’ residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Essuiles?
10, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Essuiles?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Essuiles?
€28,140 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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