Oursel-Maison is younger than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 36.8
By its share of one-person households (24%), Oursel-Maison is below 97% of compared French towns. The share of flats stands at 1%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 248 residents in the town, living in 86 households.
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 Oursel-Maison
A young town
Half of Oursel-Maison’s residents are under 36.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 18% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 68% of compared French towns: Oursel-Maison changed by ±0% since 2012
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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Oise town +2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17% in Oursel-Maison, less than in 80% 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
■ Oursel-Maison 36.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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%.
5.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
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
A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 29% in Oursel-Maison. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.5 people on average.
1.1% of households have no car, below 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Oursel-Maison, 5.7%. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Put another way, about one in 14: 6.9% of homes are second homes. Households in social housing are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €24,460 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 Oursel-Maison is €24,460 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 86% of compared French towns: 41%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Oursel-Maison. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 84% of compared French towns, at 2.8%
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 median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 36: 2.8% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 34%, a lower share than 92% 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
Just over a third of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Oursel-Maison ranks below 96% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 16%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Oursel-Maison has 35%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 248 to 2,582 people
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 Oursel-Maison (36.8), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Oursel-Maison
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oursel-Maison | 36.8 | 17% | 6.9% | 2.8% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 3.9 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 6.5 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 11.2 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 11.5 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 13.3 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 13.5 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 Oursel-Maison
What is the population of Oursel-Maison?
248 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (247).
How old are Oursel-Maison’s residents?
The median age is 36.8, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oursel-Maison?
7, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oursel-Maison?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oursel-Maison?
€24,460 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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