22% of households are one person living alone, below 98% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 112 residents in Le Ployron, living in 49 households. Across Le Ployron, 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24. Households headed by a manual worker: 67% here and 14% 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 Le Ployron
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 22% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −3% since 2012, behind 80% 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 −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Oise.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 90% of compared French towns, at 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Ployron 47. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 47, Le Ployron is older than 69% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 22% in Le Ployron, more than in 99% 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
In Le Ployron, a third of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Empty homes: 13%, a higher share than 92% 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 second homes tops 77% of compared French towns: 5%. The wider picture: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.2%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 18%.
At the median, €25,240 a year to live on
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.
Half of Le Ployron’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,240 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: manual workers (67%)
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 retired person are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Ployron ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.9%
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Le Ployron. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 95% of compared French towns: 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
The census found that a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Le Ployron. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Le Ployron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Ployron | 47 | 15% | 5% | 0.9% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 4.3 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 8.8 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Estrées-Saint-Denis 3,664 · 11.3 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Roye 5,833 · 12 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 13.4 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 13.9 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
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 Le Ployron
What is the population of Le Ployron?
112 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (115).
How old are Le Ployron’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Ployron?
3, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Ployron?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% 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 Ployron?
€25,240 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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