Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis has 7.4%. At the 2023 Census Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis was home to 365 people in 160 households. About one in six: that is how common single-parent households are in Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis (16%). Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 3.2% of households have no car.
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.
Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, behind 70% 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 those years, the median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 49.2: Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis is older than 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
■ Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis 49.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 23%, a lower share than 98% 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. More couples with children than in 83% of compared French towns: 32%. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes: 2.7%, a lower share than 97% 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
The figure for second homes is 3.3% in Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 6.4% moved in during the last two years and 39% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €30,240 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,240 a year: higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 23%, a lower share than 90% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 19%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. At 16%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is higher than in 79% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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 nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. 1.9% 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.
In Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% 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
Here nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school have no 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
Graduates of higher education come to 31% in Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis, about three in ten. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis sits below 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis | 49.2 | 24% | 3.3% | 3.3% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 5.8 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 7.2 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 10.2 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 11.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 12.5 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 13.1 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
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 Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis
What is the population of Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis?
365 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (365).
How old are Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis’ residents?
The median age is 49.2, older than 80% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis?
5, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pierrefitte-en-Beauvaisis?
€30,240 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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