Above 99% of compared French towns: 44% of households are couples with children
14% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Noroy’s population at 247, in 95 households. On the census count, 2.2% of households have no car.
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 Noroy
A town of families
44% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Noroy had 201 residents at the 2012 census and 247 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Noroy outgrew 93% of compared French towns: +23%
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 +16% to 2017, then +6% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Oise.
Half of Noroy is under 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Noroy 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Noroy.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
Households here average 2.6 people each. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Only 4.2% of homes stand empty in Noroy
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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 8.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 18%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Here 3.1% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
The median resident lives on €29,530 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,530 a year: higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
Noroy ranks above 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 22%
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
11% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). As a yardstick, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns: 1.7%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Noroy has 1.3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Noroy sits below 56% of compared French towns for married residents (42%)
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
Single residents: a quarter of the total. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Noroy: 38% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 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
The share of adults with no qualification trails nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 15%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Noroy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noroy | 39.3 | 14% | 3.1% | 1.7% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 5 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Fitz-James 2,514 · 5.3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 0.5% | 6.6% |
| Clermont 10,564 · 6.3 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 8.5% |
| Estrées-Saint-Denis 3,664 · 6.5 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Breuil-le-Vert 3,183 · 6.8 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Agnetz 3,058 · 6.8 mi | 44.4 | 18% | 1% | 3% |
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 Noroy
What is the population of Noroy?
247 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (201).
How old are Noroy’s residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Noroy?
3, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Noroy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Noroy?
€29,530 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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