Fournival sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (45%)
In Fournival, 0.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car account for 1.4%. The town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 92% of compared French towns, at 14%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 519, in 200 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 Fournival
A town of families
45% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 58% of compared French towns: Fournival changed by +7% 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
The first five years brought +6%; the six to 2023, ±0%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
A median age of 41: Fournival is younger than 73% 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
■ Fournival 41. The median compared French town: 44.
In Fournival, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 21% in Fournival, less 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
There are 2.6 people in the average household. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
In Fournival, 4.1% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 87% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 6.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Nothing unusual on second homes: 2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,050 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.
The median standard of living in Fournival is €27,050 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Only 4.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Fournival
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
Here 34% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in six: 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).
Fournival ranks below 92% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.9%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1% in Fournival. 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.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Fournival
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Fournival comes in at 46%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns
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
Here, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 519 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
A younger town than 5 of the 6 around it: Fournival
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fournival | 41 | 14% | 2% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 3.3 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Agnetz 3,058 · 5.3 mi | 44.4 | 18% | 1% | 3% |
| Fitz-James 2,514 · 5.6 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 0.5% | 6.6% |
| Clermont 10,564 · 6.2 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 8.5% |
| Breuil-le-Vert 3,183 · 7.3 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 7.4 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
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 Fournival
What is the population of Fournival?
519 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (487).
How old are Fournival’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fournival?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fournival?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fournival?
€27,050 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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