24% of households are one person living alone, below 95% of compared French towns
8.4% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Goincourt’s 640 households held 1,552 residents at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 4.6% of households have no car. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in three quarters 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 Goincourt
Growing fast
Goincourt had 1,242 residents at the 2012 census and 1,552 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +25% since 2012, faster than 94% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Oise. Here the change came as +12% to 2017, then +12% to 2023.
Goincourt sits above 65% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (25%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Goincourt 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Goincourt is 44.7, higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24: 11% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 29% in Goincourt, more than in 70% 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
Households average 2.4 people. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Goincourt sits higher than 77% of compared French towns: 12%.
Second homes: 0.6%, a lower share than 93% 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
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 10% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Goincourt. Locally, 4.7% of homes stand empty. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €26,800 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,800 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 74% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 8.1%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Goincourt ranks below 73% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.9%), Goincourt is below two thirds of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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 73% 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 80% of compared French towns: 22%
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 47% in Goincourt and 43% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Goincourt ranks below 56% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 18%
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
Graduates of higher education account for 29%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 18th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Goincourt is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Goincourt | 44.7 | 25% | 0.6% | 4% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 2.2 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 4.2 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 9.6 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
| Noailles 2,877 · 9.9 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 4.9% |
| Sainte-Geneviève 3,505 · 11.7 mi | 36.6 | 13% | 1.4% | 5.9% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 12.7 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
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 Goincourt
What is the population of Goincourt?
1,552 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (1,242).
How old are Goincourt’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Goincourt?
4, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Goincourt?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Goincourt?
€26,800 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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