A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%
23% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Glaignes had 356 residents in 150 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 1.3% of households have no car. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 95% 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.
Slower than most: −1% since 2012, behind 73% 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 those years, the median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +4%, then −4% to 2023.
Half of Glaignes is over 49.3, older than 81% 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
■ Glaignes 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Glaignes ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 3.3%
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 30% of households are couples with children in Glaignes. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
A higher share of second homes than 85% of compared French towns, at 7.6%
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of empty homes stands at 4.7%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €31,130 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 €31,130 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 89% of compared French towns.
Glaignes ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 10%
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, Glaignes has 13%. Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (30%). In the typical compared French town, 14% 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: 5.3%, a lower share than 60% 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.
3.9% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Glaignes ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 63%
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 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Glaignes comes in at 17%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns: 14%
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 figure for graduates of higher education is 37% in Glaignes and 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 356 to 2,582 people
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).
No nearby town is as old as Glaignes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Glaignes | 49.3 | 26% | 7.6% | 5.3% |
| Béthisy-Saint-Pierre 3,111 · 3.1 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Crépy-en-Valois 14,351 · 3.3 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Verberie 3,898 · 6 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 6.6 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 9.5 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Nanteuil-le-Haudouin 4,258 · 9.5 mi | 37.1 | 13% | 1% | 7.4% |
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 Glaignes
What is the population of Glaignes?
356 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (359).
How old are Glaignes’ residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 81% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Glaignes?
13, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Glaignes?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Glaignes?
€31,130 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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