A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 98% of compared French towns, at 11%
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Le Crocq comes in at 3%. At the 2023 Census Le Crocq was home to 178 people in 68 households. One-person households: 29% of the total. Flats are rarer here than in 99% 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 Le Crocq
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 14% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Crocq had 191 residents at the 2012 census and 178 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 93% of compared French towns grew faster than Le Crocq: −7%
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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −5%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Younger than 69% of compared French towns: half of Le Crocq is under 41.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Crocq 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Le Crocq.
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%.
Le Crocq: 36% of households are couples with children, above 94% 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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 14% of households are single parents here. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.6 people.
Households without a car make up 6% in Le Crocq, less than in 81% 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
The share of empty homes tops 63% of compared French towns: 7.9%. On second homes, Le Crocq sits higher than 71% of compared French towns: 4%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%.
Half above, half below €24,480 a year in standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,480 a year: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 93% of compared French towns: 21%
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: 7.1%, below 67% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%. Put another way, about one in seven: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Le Crocq 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 38% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, a higher share than in 58% of compared French towns. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Le Crocq sits below 94% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (11%)
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
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 178 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Le Crocq, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Crocq | 41.5 | 11% | 4% | 0% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 4.7 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 5.1 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 11 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 12.1 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 14.1 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 14.1 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 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 Le Crocq
What is the population of Le Crocq?
178 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (191).
How old are Le Crocq’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Crocq?
3, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Crocq?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Crocq?
€24,480 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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