Flats: 5.6%, a lower share than 95% of compared French towns
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a manual worker in Moliens. This Oise town counted 1,117 residents and 490 households at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in six here (18%). Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 15%, more than in 96% 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.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 59% 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, +6% to 2017 and −4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Oise.
Younger than 80% of compared French towns: half of Moliens is under 39.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Moliens 39.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In Moliens, 13% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 73% of compared French towns: 31% of households are one person living alone
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 typical household size is 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Here, 26% of households are couples with children.
Moliens sits below 75% of compared French towns for households without a car (6.8%)
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
Second homes: 1.1% here and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households without a car come to 11%. 10% of households arrived within the last two years, while 22% have stayed 30 years or more.
A median standard of living of €22,690 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 residents live in households above €22,690 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 30% of households are headed by a retired person
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.3%), Moliens is below 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
In Moliens, 41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 63% 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 share of single residents stands at 26%. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 13%, a lower share than 99% 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
Adults with no qualification: 30% here and 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,117 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.
No nearby town is as young as Moliens
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moliens | 39.9 | 18% | 1.1% | 0.6% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 5.7 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Forges-les-Eaux 3,642 · 12.5 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 12.6 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 13.4 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray 4,662 · 17.2 mi | 51.7 | 34% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
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 Moliens
What is the population of Moliens?
1,117 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,089).
How old are Moliens’ residents?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moliens?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moliens?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Moliens?
€22,690 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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