More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 56%
1.8% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). Here, 22% of households are headed by a retired person. More second homes than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 3.7%. The 2023 Census counted 143 residents in 52 households.
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 Fouilleuse
A town of families
56% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Fouilleuse’s residents are under 37.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 5.6% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Fouilleuse had 120 residents at the 2012 census and 143 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 4.2% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fouilleuse grew +19% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 89% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Oise town +2%.
Only 5.6% of residents are 65 or over in Fouilleuse
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fouilleuse 37.6. The median compared French town: 44.
There is little gap on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Half of Fouilleuse’s residents are under 37.6, younger than in 90% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 78 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
In Fouilleuse, 11% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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
Each household has 2.8 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
100% of homes are houses
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 that moved in under two years ago: 5.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 5.8%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€28,290 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 €28,290 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 11% in Fouilleuse, less than in 70% 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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Fouilleuse has 11%. The wider picture: 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 lower share of foreign nationals than 98% of compared French towns, at 0.7%
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 2.8% in Fouilleuse and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 84% 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 94% 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 figure for married residents is 49% in Fouilleuse and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fouilleuse sits below 94% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (10%)
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 47% in Fouilleuse. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 143 to 2,582 people, the 2nd 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).
No nearby town is as young as Fouilleuse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fouilleuse | 37.6 | 5.6% | 3.7% | 2.8% |
| Estrées-Saint-Denis 3,664 · 4.9 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Fitz-James 2,514 · 5.6 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 0.5% | 6.6% |
| Clermont 10,564 · 6.6 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 8.5% |
| Breuil-le-Vert 3,183 · 6.8 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 7 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Agnetz 3,058 · 7.6 mi | 44.4 | 18% | 1% | 3% |
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 Fouilleuse
What is the population of Fouilleuse?
143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (120).
How old are Fouilleuse’s residents?
The median age is 37.6, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 32% are under 18 and 5.6% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fouilleuse?
2, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fouilleuse?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fouilleuse?
€28,290 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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