A larger share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in La Houssoye comes in at 13%. At the 2023 Census, 591 people lived locally, in 230 households. Here, 14% of residents are 65 or over. Compared with other places, flats are scarce here: 3.2%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
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 Houssoye
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 16% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Houssoye changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 70% 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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then −3% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Oise.
La Houssoye: 14% of residents are 15 to 24, above 93% 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
■ La Houssoye 39.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 39.7, La Houssoye is younger than just over four fifths of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 20% of households are one person living alone
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 2.6 people each. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 16%, more than in 97% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
4.6% of households have no car, below 91% 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
Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 20% have stayed 30 years or more. At 5.1%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 86% of compared French towns. The share of households without a car in the typical compared French town is 11%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in La Houssoye, 3.8%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,850 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 €24,850 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
La Houssoye: 34% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in La Houssoye comes in at 11%. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of foreign nationals than 99% of compared French towns: 0.2%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in La Houssoye, 2.2%. That is lower than in 89% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. 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 La Houssoye, 28% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 70% 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
Few places have so few married residents: 42% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
La Houssoye sits below 73% 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
Here, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (591 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
5 of 6 neighbors are older than La Houssoye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Houssoye | 39.7 | 14% | 3.8% | 2.2% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 2.6 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin 3,338 · 6.6 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.4% | 7.5% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 7.7 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 8.4 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Gisors 12,410 · 9.2 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.2% |
| Noailles 2,877 · 11.7 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 4.9% |
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 Houssoye
What is the population of La Houssoye?
591 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (592).
How old are La Houssoye’s residents?
The median age is 39.7, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Houssoye?
10, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Houssoye?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Houssoye?
€24,850 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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