In Lhéraule, 38% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Lhéraule is home to 203 residents in 81 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, nearly one in ten homes are flats. With households without a car at 6.3%, Lhéraule is behind 78% of compared French towns on that count.
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 Lhéraule
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 25% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Lhéraule’s residents are under 37.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Lhéraule behind 57% 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
Here the change came as −4% to 2017, then +7% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Oise.
Lhéraule is younger than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lhéraule 37.9. The median compared French town: 44.
15% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 19%, a lower share than 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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 13% of households are single parents here. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.5 people each.
Second homes make up 3.4% in Lhéraule, more than in 66% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.7% of homes stand empty in Lhéraule. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. 27% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years.
A median of €27,430 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.
At €27,430 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 65% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 25%, a higher share than 96% 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 Lhéraule, 38% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. About one in 16: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Lhéraule (6.3%). Set beside that, 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).
In Lhéraule, 2.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns
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 Lhéraule. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Lhéraule 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
Married residents: 45% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 88% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Graduates of higher education: 34% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 203 to 2,582 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Lhéraule is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lhéraule | 37.9 | 15% | 3.4% | 2.5% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 7.9 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 8.4 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 9.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 10.7 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 11.7 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 12.4 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
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 Lhéraule
What is the population of Lhéraule?
203 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (197).
How old are Lhéraule’s residents?
The median age is 37.9, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lhéraule?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lhéraule?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lhéraule?
€27,430 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 November 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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