Guiscard ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 29%
In Guiscard, 21% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many single-parent households: 14% here, more than in 92% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,749 residents and 710 households in the town. On the census count, 16% of homes are flats.
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.
Guiscard changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 81% 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 ±0%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
Half of Guiscard is under 43, younger than 58% 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
■ Guiscard 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 22% here, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Guiscard ranks below 75% of compared French towns on one-person households: 30%
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
By its share of couples with children (29%), Guiscard is above 70% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%.
8.7% of homes stand empty, more than in 71% 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
Some just over one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 20% who have been there 30 years or more. Across Guiscard, 13% of households have no car. Few places have as many second homes: 3% here, more than in 62% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €21,830 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 €21,830 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.2% in Guiscard, less than in 91% of compared French towns
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
27% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional 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 72% of compared French towns: 4.2%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 71% of compared French towns: 40%
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
Put another way, about one in four: just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns: 16%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, a third of adults out of school have no qualification here. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,749 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Guiscard, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Guiscard
What is the population of Guiscard?
1,749 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,802).
How old are Guiscard’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Guiscard?
24, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Guiscard?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Guiscard?
€21,830 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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