Couples with children: 35%, a higher share than 93% of compared French towns
In Le Meux, 15% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. This Oise town had 2,327 residents in 960 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a retired person account for 23%. Flats are rarer here than in 76% 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 Meux
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Meux grew +13% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 77% 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
The median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +10% and the next six +3%.
Half of Le Meux is under 40.6, younger than 75% 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
■ Le Meux 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
In Le Meux, 27% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 87% 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 average household has 2.4 people. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 11% of households are single parents, more than in 58% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households without a car than 72% of compared French towns, at 7.2%
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
6.2% of homes stand empty. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.9%, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing: 13%, above just over half of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €30,170 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.
The median standard of living in Le Meux is €30,170 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 85% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 6.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
19% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 86% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Le Meux has 16%. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Le Meux. By way of comparison, 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.
Above 66% of compared French towns: 45% 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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Le Meux. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Le Meux: 39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 78% 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
15% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The usual figure: 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 2,327 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Le Meux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Meux | 40.6 | 15% | 1.9% | 3.8% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 1.9 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
| Verberie 3,898 · 4 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 4.3 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Venette 2,758 · 4.4 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
| Béthisy-Saint-Pierre 3,111 · 5.1 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 5.4 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
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 Meux
What is the population of Le Meux?
2,327 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (2,060).
How old are Le Meux’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Meux?
20, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Meux?
INSEE counts 90 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 57 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Meux?
€30,170 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% 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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