Flats make up 5.1% in Fontaine-Bonneleau, less than in 95% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Fontaine-Bonneleau had 236 residents in 110 households at the 2023 census. For Fontaine-Bonneleau, the census puts households without a car at 6.2%. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are couples with children here.
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 Fontaine-Bonneleau
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fontaine-Bonneleau had 269 residents at the 2012 census and 236 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 18 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fontaine-Bonneleau changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 98% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Oise town +2%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −9%; from 2017 to 2023, −3%.
Fontaine-Bonneleau is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fontaine-Bonneleau 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Fontaine-Bonneleau has 25%. The census found that 8.9% of residents are 15 to 24 here.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
32% of households are one person living alone, below 67% 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
At 9.1%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.1 people on average.
Fontaine-Bonneleau ranks above 91% of compared French towns on empty homes: 13%
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: 0.9% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 28% have lived in their home 30 years or more. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By its share of second homes (4.4%), Fontaine-Bonneleau is above nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €24,350 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 residents live in households above €24,350 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (32%). Across the comparison, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns: 1.3%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Fontaine-Bonneleau, 1.3%. Across the comparison, 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
The share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Fontaine-Bonneleau sits below 81% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Fontaine-Bonneleau, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fontaine-Bonneleau | 50.6 | 25% | 4.4% | 1.3% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 5 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 6.7 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 9.4 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 11.4 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Saleux 2,739 · 14 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
| Salouël 4,179 · 14.7 mi | 32.5 | 19% | 1% | 3.1% |
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 Fontaine-Bonneleau
What is the population of Fontaine-Bonneleau?
236 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (269).
How old are Fontaine-Bonneleau’s residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fontaine-Bonneleau?
6, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fontaine-Bonneleau?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fontaine-Bonneleau?
€24,350 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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