Younger than 97% of compared French towns: half of Godenvillers is under 34.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. There were 70 households in Godenvillers at the 2023 Census, home to 196 residents. 20% of households are one person living alone. Empty homes: 4.1%, below 86% 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 Godenvillers
A town of families
53% of households are couples with children and 6.7% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Godenvillers’ residents are under 34.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 10% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Godenvillers grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 52% 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 change was +23% from 2012 to 2017 and −14% from 2017 to 2023.
Only 10% of residents are 65 or over in Godenvillers
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Godenvillers 34.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 13% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 53%
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
The figure for single-parent households is 6.7% in Godenvillers and 10% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
4.1% of households have no car, below 94% 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. By way of comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.8%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 18%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,060 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 Godenvillers is €28,060 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Godenvillers ranks below 95% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 20%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Godenvillers comes in at 20%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.4% in Godenvillers, less than in 97% 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.
With foreign nationals at 1%, Godenvillers is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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
On the census count, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 23% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 196 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.
Ages run from 34.7 in Godenvillers to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Godenvillers is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Godenvillers | 34.7 | 10% | 0% | 1.4% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 4.3 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 7.8 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Estrées-Saint-Denis 3,664 · 11.8 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 12.1 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Roye 5,833 · 13 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 13.4 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
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 Godenvillers
What is the population of Godenvillers?
196 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (186).
How old are Godenvillers’ residents?
The median age is 34.7, younger than 97% of compared French towns. 30% are under 18 and 10% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Godenvillers?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Godenvillers?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Godenvillers?
€28,060 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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