Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 93% of compared French towns: 14%
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put households without a car at 4.1% in Lavacquerie. In 2023, the Census found 182 residents here, living in 70 households. Empty homes make up 7%, close to the figure 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 Lavacquerie
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Lavacquerie, 13% of its 88 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Lavacquerie had 211 residents at the 2012 census and 182 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 20% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 13% of homes are second homes
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. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 22% who have been there 30 years or more.
Slower than most: −14% since 2012, behind 99% 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, −2% to 2017 and −12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Oise.
Half of Lavacquerie is under 40.4, younger than 77% 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
■ Lavacquerie 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 13% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Lavacquerie ranks above 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 20%
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
Each household has 2.6 people on average. Few places have as many couples with children: 33% here, more than in 88% of compared French towns. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,070 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 €25,070 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 27%, a higher share than 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Lavacquerie has 27%. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 66% of compared French towns: 4.8% of residents are immigrants
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 Lavacquerie, 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals. As a reference point, 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.
Lavacquerie sits below 91% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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
Across Lavacquerie, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Lavacquerie ranks below 96% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 16%
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 nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Lavacquerie has 24%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 182 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Older than Lavacquerie: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lavacquerie | 40.4 | 14% | 13% | 4.8% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 5.1 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 6.8 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 9.5 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 13.2 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Saleux 2,739 · 13.9 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
| Salouël 4,179 · 14.6 mi | 32.5 | 19% | 1% | 3.1% |
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 Lavacquerie
What is the population of Lavacquerie?
182 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (211).
How old are Lavacquerie’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lavacquerie?
11, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lavacquerie?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lavacquerie?
€25,070 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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