A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, 29% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 22% of households are one person living alone. 548 residents in 230 households: that is Hardivillers at the 2023 Census. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 19% locally.
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 Hardivillers
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.3% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Hardivillers had 585 residents at the 2012 census and 548 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Hardivillers changed by −6% from 2012 to 2023, behind 92% 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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Oise town +2%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −8%; from 2017 to 2023, +1%.
Half of Hardivillers is under 43.2, younger than 56% 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
■ Hardivillers 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
At 11%, residents aged 15 to 24 sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Hardivillers: 34% of households are couples with children, above 91% 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
At 9.3%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
More empty homes than 78% of compared French towns: 9.8%
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
7.6% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Locally, 8.9% of households rent social housing (HLM). Few places have as many second homes: 4.3% here, more than in 73% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,820 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,820 a year: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
In Hardivillers, 28% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 73% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 6.8%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Hardivillers sits below 86% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.5%)
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.
The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 28: 3.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns
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 share of married residents is 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Hardivillers sits below 96% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (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
23% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (548 to 2,582 people), 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Hardivillers sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hardivillers | 43.2 | 19% | 4.3% | 3.6% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 3.2 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 6.6 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 11.3 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 12.1 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 13.1 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 14.2 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
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 Hardivillers
What is the population of Hardivillers?
548 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (585).
How old are Hardivillers’ residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hardivillers?
11, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hardivillers?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hardivillers?
€23,820 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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