36% of households are couples with children, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of homes are flats in Passel. 1.4% of homes stand empty. On residents aged 15 to 24, Passel sits lower than 93% of compared French towns: 7.9%. The 2023 Census counted 271 residents in 120 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 Passel
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Passel had 292 residents at the 2012 census and 271 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −7% since 2012, behind 93% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%. The first five years brought −3%; the six to 2023, −4%.
A median age of 48.1: Passel is older than 75% 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
■ Passel 48.1. The median compared French town: 44.
26% of Passel’s residents are 65 or older, against 19% in the median Oise town and 22% in the median compared French town; 20% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 25% in Passel, less than in 94% 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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Second homes: 8.3%, a higher share than 86% 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. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Census figures put households without a car at 6.4% in Passel. Car-free households: one in 16, where the median compared French town has 11%.
At the median, €26,260 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.
Living standards centre on €26,260 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Passel: 56% of households are headed by a retired person, 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
Households headed by a manual worker account for 13%. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 2.5%, a lower share than 71% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 5.1% 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.
Passel sits below 97% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 47% of residents 15 and over are married in Passel. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Passel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Passel | 48.1 | 26% | 8.3% | 5.1% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 2.6 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 3.3 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 6.4 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 7.6 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 8.7 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 11 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
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 Passel
What is the population of Passel?
271 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (292).
How old are Passel’s residents?
The median age is 48.1, older than 75% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Passel?
11, with occasional dwellings: 8.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Passel?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Passel?
€26,260 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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