Ognolles: 47% of households are couples with children, above 99% of compared French towns
Where 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Ognolles has 19%. 5.9% of homes are second homes, or about one in 17. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 87% of compared French towns: 16%. The town counted 285 residents and 110 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 Ognolles
A town of families
47% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ognolles had 309 residents at the 2012 census and 285 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Ognolles has changed by −8%, slower 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Oise town +2%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −7%; from 2017 to 2023, −1%.
Younger than 64% of compared French towns: half of Ognolles is under 42.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ognolles 42.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, above 71% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 19%
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 average 2.7 people. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households without a car: 6.7%, a lower share than 75% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 5.1%.
A median standard of living of €23,640 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.
The median standard of living in Ognolles is €23,640 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 38%
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
In Ognolles, 4.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.7% of residents are immigrants, below 94% 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 is 1.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 73% of compared French towns: 23%
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
With married residents at 45%, Ognolles is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 97% 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
The share of adults with no qualification is 22%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 10th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Ognolles sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ognolles | 42.3 | 16% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Roye 5,833 · 5.7 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Ham 4,378 · 8.3 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 8.7 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 12.2 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 12.7 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Chauny 11,596 · 14.5 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 7.2% |
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 Ognolles
What is the population of Ognolles?
285 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (309).
How old are Ognolles’ residents?
The median age is 42.3, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ognolles?
7, with occasional dwellings: 5.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ognolles?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ognolles?
€23,640 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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