Only 2.9% of homes stand empty in Herchies
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Herchies has 5.5%. 3% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 582 residents and 260 households locally. One-person households account for 29%.
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 Herchies
Fewer residents than in 2012
Herchies had 621 residents at the 2012 census and 582 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−6% since 2012, a pace below 91% 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 +3%; the six to 2023, −9%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
Herchies is older than 63% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Herchies 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Herchies has 9.5%. For Herchies, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 23%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, a share 70% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 here average 2.2 people each. As a yardstick, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households are single parents, a higher share than in 69% of compared French towns.
9.2% of homes are flats, fewer than in 88% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.3% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. Herchies has fewer second homes than 55% of compared French towns, at 1.8%. Without a car: one household in 18, against 11% in the median compared French town.
Median standard of living: €27,690 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.
Half of residents live in households above €27,690 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Herchies: 35% of households are headed by a retired person, above 61% 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
Across Herchies, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Higher than in just over half of compared French towns: 9.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 61% of compared French towns: 3.2% of residents are foreign nationals
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 56% of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 5.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 21% in Herchies, less than in 85% 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
47% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Herchies sits below 71% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (24%)
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
Adults with no qualification make up 23%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
19th highest median age among 41 French towns of 582 to 2,582
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).
Older than Herchies: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Herchies | 45.9 | 23% | 1.8% | 5.8% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 5.1 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 8 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 8.9 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 12 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 12.8 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 13.1 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
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 Herchies
What is the population of Herchies?
582 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (621).
How old are Herchies’ residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 63% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Herchies?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Herchies?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Herchies?
€27,690 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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