Monceaux-l'Abbaye ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1%
Households in social housing make up 1.1%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 211 residents and 94 households in Monceaux-l'Abbaye. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 28%. More second homes than in 78% of compared French towns: 5.4%.
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 Monceaux-l'Abbaye
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves Monceaux-l'Abbaye behind 79% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +5%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%.
Above 67% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monceaux-l'Abbaye 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five. With a median age of 44.1, Monceaux-l'Abbaye is older than 51% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 88% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 35% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are one person living alone here. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. About one in nine: that is how common single-parent households are in Monceaux-l'Abbaye (11%).
Below 69% of compared French towns: 5.4% of homes stand empty
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
Turnover: 2.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. Few places have so few households without a car: 10% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €24,350 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 Monceaux-l'Abbaye’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,350 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 39% in Monceaux-l'Abbaye, more than in 80% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional is 5.6%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 94% of compared French towns: 1%. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 69% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 14%, a lower share than 98% 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 make up 26%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (211 to 2,582 people), the 16th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
4 of 5 neighbors are older than Monceaux-l'Abbaye
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monceaux-l'Abbaye | 44.1 | 22% | 5.4% | 1% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 6.9 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Forges-les-Eaux 3,642 · 11.2 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 12.3 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 13.5 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray 4,662 · 16.4 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 Monceaux-l'Abbaye
What is the population of Monceaux-l'Abbaye?
211 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (216).
How old are Monceaux-l'Abbaye’s residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monceaux-l'Abbaye?
6, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monceaux-l'Abbaye?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monceaux-l'Abbaye?
€24,350 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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