Flats make up 5.7% in Paillart, less than in 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Paillart, 3.9%. Few places have so few single-parent households: 5.9% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns. There were 250 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 576 residents. Empty homes: 10% of the total.
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.
−3% since 2012, a pace below 82% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Oise.
Older than 67% of compared French towns: half of Paillart is over 46.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Paillart 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here a quarter of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Still, on residents aged 15 to 24, Paillart sits lower than four fifths of compared French towns: 9.1%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Paillart ranks below 76% of compared French towns on one-person households: 30%
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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Couples with children: 29% of the total.
Paillart sits below 80% of compared French towns for households in social housing (6.2%)
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
Little separates the share of second homes here, 1.6%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. At 6.5%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 77% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Nearly a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6% moved in within the last two years.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,540 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 Paillart is €24,540 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Paillart: 29% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are headed by a retired person here. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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 median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 0.4%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 67% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Paillart comes in at 23%. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 16%, a lower share than 96% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Paillart comes in at 23%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 576 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Paillart
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Paillart | 46.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 0.9% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 2.7 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 6.3 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 10.4 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 11.3 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 11.6 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 12.1 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 Paillart
What is the population of Paillart?
576 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (596).
How old are Paillart’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Paillart?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Paillart?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Paillart?
€24,540 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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