2% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Houdancourt has 5.7%. On empty homes, Houdancourt sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 3%. At the 2023 Census, 680 people lived in the town, in 270 households. The share of flats stands at 1.9%.
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.
Houdancourt grew +15% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 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
In two steps, +13% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Oise.
Houdancourt sits below 63% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (20%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Houdancourt 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Houdancourt comes in at 9.7%. Half of the town’s residents are under 43.3, younger than in 55% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Houdancourt ranks below 98% of compared French towns on one-person households: 22%
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 2.5 people each. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 32% of households are couples with children, more than in 83% of compared French towns.
1.5% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 64% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 31% have stayed 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €29,220 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 Houdancourt’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,220 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
Only 7.5% of households are headed by a manual worker in Houdancourt
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
35% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in six: 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Houdancourt, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 89% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Houdancourt has 3.6%. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
In Houdancourt, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% 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
Married residents make up 51%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Houdancourt, 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 66% 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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 680 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 Houdancourt: 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Houdancourt | 43.3 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.6% |
| Pontpoint 3,275 · 2.7 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence 12,361 · 3.2 mi | 38.8 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Verberie 3,898 · 4.7 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Estrées-Saint-Denis 3,664 · 5.9 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 6.6 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte 4,775 · 6.9 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
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 Houdancourt
What is the population of Houdancourt?
680 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (593).
How old are Houdancourt’s residents?
The median age is 43.3, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Houdancourt?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Houdancourt?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Houdancourt?
€29,220 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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