Half of Laigneville is under 37.3, younger than 91% of compared French towns
Here 28% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. Put another way, about one in six: 18% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 75% of compared French towns. Laigneville’s 1,990 households held 4,926 residents 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 Laigneville
A young town
Half of Laigneville’s residents are under 37.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +16% change since 2012: faster than 83% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +11%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
Only 16% of residents are 65 or over in Laigneville
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Laigneville 37.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are 15 to 24 in Laigneville. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 31% in Laigneville, more than in 81% of compared French towns
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 share of single-parent households tops 86% of compared French towns: 13%. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people.
Second homes: 0.6%, a lower share than 93% 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
Turnover: 9.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Lower than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 5% of homes stand empty. On top of that, nearly one in ten households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
A median of €25,190 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,190 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 58% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 13.0%.
20% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 82% 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 make up 7.1%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 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).
Laigneville ranks above 73% of compared French towns on immigrants: 11%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 6.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Laigneville. To put it in context, 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.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 74% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 24% of the total. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Laigneville sits above 61% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (21%)
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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Laigneville has 28%. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 3rd youngest of 41 French towns of 4,878 to 4,973 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.
The youngest is Mourmelon-le-Grand (30.8), the oldest Decize (56.7).
Laigneville is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Laigneville | 37.3 | 16% | 0.6% | 11% |
| Cauffry 2,649 · 1.4 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 0.5% | 8.6% |
| Nogent-sur-Oise 21,907 · 1.9 mi | 34.8 | 14% | 0.7% | 27% |
| Villers-Saint-Paul 6,480 · 2.1 mi | 36.9 | 15% | 0.9% | 18% |
| Rantigny 2,524 · 2.1 mi | 39.9 | 18% | 0.7% | 8.8% |
| Liancourt 6,785 · 2.3 mi | 38.4 | 17% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Montataire 14,257 · 2.7 mi | 34.5 | 13% | 0.4% | 26% |
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 Laigneville
What is the population of Laigneville?
4,926 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (4,247).
How old are Laigneville’s residents?
The median age is 37.3, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Laigneville?
13, with occasional dwellings: 0.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Laigneville?
INSEE counts 520 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 320 foreign nationals (6.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Laigneville?
€25,190 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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