Households without a car: 1.4%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
The share of one-person households is 19%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Oroër counted 537 residents and 210 households at the 2023 Census. For Oroër, the census puts flats at 2.1%. On residents aged 65 and over, Oroër sits lower than 74% of compared French towns: 18%.
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 Oroër
Fewer residents than in 2012
Oroër had 569 residents at the 2012 census and 537 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Oroër behind 90% 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%.
Oroër is older than 56% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Oroër 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Oroër ranks above 86% of compared French towns on couples with children: 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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. On single-parent households, Oroër sits lower than 62% of compared French towns: 9.3%. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
98% of homes are houses
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. Second homes make up about one in 77 here (1.3%). On empty homes, 7.3% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €29,670 a year to live on
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 €29,670 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 83% of compared French towns.
Oroër sits below 81% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.3%)
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 figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 14% in Oroër and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In Oroër, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2% in Oroër, less than in 91% 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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Set beside that, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 94% of compared French towns, at 51%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 20% in Oroër. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 83% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (537 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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).
Oroër is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oroër | 44.9 | 18% | 1.3% | 2% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 5.9 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 6.7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 9.1 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 10.9 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Agnetz 3,058 · 11.4 mi | 44.4 | 18% | 1% | 3% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 11.4 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
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 Oroër
What is the population of Oroër?
537 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (569).
How old are Oroër’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oroër?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oroër?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oroër?
€29,670 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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