In Lihus, 39% of households are couples with children, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 29% of households are headed by a manual worker. Census day 2023: 423 residents and 170 households in Lihus. 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 0.5% here.
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 Lihus
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 3% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Lihus grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 55% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Oise town +2%. The change was +3% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 88% of compared French towns, at 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Lihus 39.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. With a median age of 39.7, Lihus is younger than just over four fifths of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 25% in Lihus, less than in 95% 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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. Lower than in 99% of compared French towns: 3% of households are single parents. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Lihus, 5.3% of homes are second homes, more than in 78% 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
Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. For Lihus, the census puts households without a car at 6.2%. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 4.8%, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €26,740 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.
Half of Lihus’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,740 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 97% of compared French towns: 3%
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Lihus comes in at 25%. For comparison, 9.4% of 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).
Only 1.1% of residents are immigrants in Lihus
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. Foreign nationals: 0.4% of the total. On average, 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 share of married residents tops 92% of compared French towns: 50%. Against that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Lihus, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (24%), Lihus is above 73% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 423 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Lihus 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lihus | 39.7 | 16% | 5.3% | 1.1% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 1.7 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 6.1 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 11.4 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 12.2 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 16.4 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 16.6 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
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 Lihus
What is the population of Lihus?
423 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (399).
How old are Lihus’ residents?
The median age is 39.7, younger than 81% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Lihus?
10, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Lihus?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Lihus?
€26,740 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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