One-person households make up 22% in Monceaux, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Monceaux has 3.8%. 5.5% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 4.2%, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns. This Oise town had 947 residents in 380 households at the 2023 census.
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
Growing fast
Monceaux had 756 residents at the 2012 census and 947 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9.2% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +25% since 2012, faster than 94% 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, +9% to 2017 and +15% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Oise.
Only 17% of residents are 65 or over in Monceaux
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Monceaux 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1%, below 80% of compared French towns. What’s more, with a median age of 40.2, Monceaux is younger than 78% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
A higher share of couples with children than 89% of compared French towns, at 34%
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
Single-parent households make up 9.2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.5 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children.
Monceaux sits below 82% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.4%)
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
Of all households, 14% moved in during the last two years and 26% have stayed three decades or more. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Lower than in 64% of compared French towns: 1.5% of homes are second homes.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €28,800 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.
At €28,800 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 85% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
29% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in eight: 12% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Monceaux sits below 68% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.5%)
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.5% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 68% of compared French towns. 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.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 97% 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
51% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 75% of compared French towns: 15%
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
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
3rd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 947 to 2,582
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.
Older than Monceaux: 2 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Monceaux | 40.2 | 17% | 1.5% | 4.5% |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence 12,361 · 2.8 mi | 38.8 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte 4,775 · 3.1 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Villers-Saint-Paul 6,480 · 3.5 mi | 36.9 | 15% | 0.9% | 18% |
| Liancourt 6,785 · 3.8 mi | 38.4 | 17% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Pontpoint 3,275 · 4.5 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
| Nogent-sur-Oise 21,907 · 4.8 mi | 34.8 | 14% | 0.7% | 27% |
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
What is the population of Monceaux?
947 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (756).
How old are Monceaux’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Monceaux?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Monceaux?
INSEE counts 43 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Monceaux?
€28,800 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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