Pouilly ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.1%
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 148 residents in Pouilly, living in 66 households. One-person households make up about one in four here (23%). The share of flats is 5.1%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
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 Pouilly
Fewer residents than in 2012
Pouilly had 156 residents at the 2012 census and 148 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Pouilly’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 88% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was ±0%; from 2017 to 2023, −5%.
A median age of 50.5: Pouilly is older than 85% 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
■ Pouilly 50.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 28% in Pouilly and 22% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.1% in the town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Pouilly ranks below 83% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 7.7%
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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households in social housing than 94% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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
1.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 20% have stayed 30 years or more. For comparison, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. On second homes, Pouilly sits higher than 84% of compared French towns: 7.5%.
€26,730 a year: the median standard of living
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 Pouilly’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,730 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Pouilly sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (46%)
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, 31% of households are headed by a retired person here. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 88% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 5.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 67% of compared French towns: 45%
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
The share of single residents is 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 16%, a lower share than 70% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Pouilly. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 148 to 2,582 people, the 13th oldest
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).
Every neighbor is younger than Pouilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pouilly | 50.5 | 28% | 7.5% | 5.6% |
| Méru 13,897 · 5.2 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.7% | 19% |
| Andeville 3,434 · 6 mi | 39 | 15% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin 3,338 · 6.6 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.4% | 7.5% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 7 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Sainte-Geneviève 3,505 · 7.5 mi | 36.6 | 13% | 1.4% | 5.9% |
| Noailles 2,877 · 8.5 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 4.9% |
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 Pouilly
What is the population of Pouilly?
148 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (156).
How old are Pouilly’s residents?
The median age is 50.5, older than 85% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pouilly?
6, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pouilly?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Pouilly?
€26,730 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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