Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM)
With flats at 5.2%, Gournay-sur-Aronde is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. Few places have so few households headed by a retired person: 21% here, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns. The town is home to 515 residents in 230 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of single-parent households stands at 15%.
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 Gournay-sur-Aronde
Fewer residents than in 2012
Gournay-sur-Aronde had 596 residents at the 2012 census and 515 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Gournay-sur-Aronde has changed by −14%, slower than 99% 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 −4% to 2017, then −10% to 2023.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Gournay-sur-Aronde
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gournay-sur-Aronde 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Gournay-sur-Aronde has 12%. The median age here is 41.8, lower than in two thirds of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Gournay-sur-Aronde ranks above 68% of compared French towns on couples with children: 29%
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 typical household size is 2.2 people. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. For Gournay-sur-Aronde, the census puts one-person households at 36%.
Households without a car: 5.9%, a lower share than 81% 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
Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 14% moved in within the last two years. Households without a car: 11% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Gournay-sur-Aronde has more second homes than 69% of compared French towns, at 3.7%. At 6.7%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,100 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 €28,100 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Gournay-sur-Aronde ranks above 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 23%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 81% of compared French towns: 17%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.9%, a lower share than 93% 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.
0.7% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Fewer married residents than 64% of compared French towns: 41%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Gournay-sur-Aronde has 24%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Gournay-sur-Aronde, 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 60% 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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 19% in Gournay-sur-Aronde. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 7th youngest of 41 French towns of 515 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Gournay-sur-Aronde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gournay-sur-Aronde | 41.8 | 18% | 3.7% | 1.9% |
| Estrées-Saint-Denis 3,664 · 4.7 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Venette 2,758 · 7.6 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 7.9 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 8.6 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 8.6 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 9.1 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
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 Gournay-sur-Aronde
What is the population of Gournay-sur-Aronde?
515 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (596).
How old are Gournay-sur-Aronde’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gournay-sur-Aronde?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gournay-sur-Aronde?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gournay-sur-Aronde?
€28,100 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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