Hautefontaine: 29% of homes are second homes, above 95% of compared French towns
2.7% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Single-parent households: 5.8% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Hautefontaine had 345 residents in 170 households at the 2023 census.
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 Hautefontaine
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 74 second homes and occasional dwellings in Hautefontaine, 29% of its 260 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 38% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Hautefontaine had 268 residents at the 2012 census and 345 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of households without a car than 52% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
16% of households moved in less than two years ago; 15% have been in their home 30 years or more. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. Hautefontaine has fewer empty homes than 51% of compared French towns, at 6.6%.
From 2012 to 2023, Hautefontaine outgrew 96% of compared French towns: +29%
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 median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +25% and the next six +3%.
Only 7.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Hautefontaine
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Hautefontaine 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Hautefontaine is 46.2, higher than in 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. For Hautefontaine, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 82 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 75% of compared French towns, at 41%
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 average household has 2.1 people. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in three fifths of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €26,420 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.
Living standards centre on €26,420 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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 5.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2% of residents are immigrants in Hautefontaine
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.
1.2% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. That is lower than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Hautefontaine ranks below 71% of compared French towns on married residents: 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
The figure for single residents is 28% in Hautefontaine and 25% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Hautefontaine sits above 81% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (26%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Hautefontaine, 25%. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 345 to 2,582 people, the 18th oldest
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.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Hautefontaine are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hautefontaine | 46.2 | 21% | 29% | 2% |
| Villers-Cotterêts 10,489 · 8 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.3% | 12% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 9.6 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 11.3 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 11.4 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 11.4 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 11.6 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
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 Hautefontaine
What is the population of Hautefontaine?
345 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (268).
How old are Hautefontaine’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Hautefontaine?
74, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Hautefontaine?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Hautefontaine?
€26,420 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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