Half of La Hérelle is under 36, younger than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 4% of households have no car. The share of second homes is 8.6%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
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 La Hérelle
A young town
Half of La Hérelle’s residents are under 36 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
La Hérelle had 196 residents at the 2012 census and 237 in 2023, up 21%: faster growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +21% change since 2012: faster than 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +24%, then −2% to 2023.
La Hérelle ranks below 95% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Hérelle 36. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 14%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
La Hérelle sits below 98% of compared French towns for single-parent households (5.3%)
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; La Hérelle has 32%. One-person households are rarer here than in 68% of compared French towns. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
La Hérelle sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.8%)
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 19%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 16%. 8.6% of homes stand empty, more than in 69% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €23,620 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.
At €23,620 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
21% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 87% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Hérelle sits below 96% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (0.8%)
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 86% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Across La Hérelle, 2.5% 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.
Married residents make up 37% in La Hérelle, less than in 82% 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
Single residents: 22% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 88% 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
La Hérelle has more adults with no qualification than 55% of compared French towns, at 20%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 237 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 36 in La Hérelle to 62.3 in Prayssac.
La Hérelle is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Hérelle | 36 | 14% | 8.6% | 2.5% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 6 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 6.2 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 8.2 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 11.5 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 13.2 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Fitz-James 2,514 · 13.8 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 0.5% | 6.6% |
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 La Hérelle
What is the population of La Hérelle?
237 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% more than in 2012 (196).
How old are La Hérelle’s residents?
The median age is 36, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Hérelle?
10, with occasional dwellings: 8.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Hérelle?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Hérelle?
€23,620 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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