Only 22% of households are one person living alone in Gaudechart
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Gaudechart comes in at 5%. The town had 347 residents in 140 households at the 2023 Census. In Gaudechart, 47% of households are headed by a retired person. Few places have as many empty homes: 10% here, more than in 81% of compared French towns.
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 Gaudechart
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 3.6% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Gaudechart changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 75% 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 first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, −4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 20% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gaudechart 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%. With a median age of 43, Gaudechart is younger than 58% of compared French towns. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 35% of households are couples with children
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 2.4 people on average. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Gaudechart sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 3.6%.
A smaller share of flats than 93% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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
Nothing unusual on second homes: 1.3%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for flats is 30% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €25,690 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 Gaudechart is €25,690 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Only 7.1% of households are headed by a manual worker in Gaudechart
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, Gaudechart has 7.1%. As a reference point, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
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.
In Gaudechart, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Gaudechart ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, just over half of residents 15 and over are married here. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Gaudechart ranks below 78% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 22%
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
The census found that nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Gaudechart. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 347 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Gaudechart
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gaudechart | 43 | 20% | 1.3% | 0.9% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 3.6 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 5.3 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 13.8 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 14.2 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 14.9 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 16.9 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
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 Gaudechart
What is the population of Gaudechart?
347 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (351).
How old are Gaudechart’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gaudechart?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gaudechart?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gaudechart?
€25,690 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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