A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.1%
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Puiseux-en-Bray, 4.2%. 398 residents in 160 households: that is Puiseux-en-Bray at the 2023 Census. The census found that just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker locally. Higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns: 30% of households are couples with children.
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 Puiseux-en-Bray
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Puiseux-en-Bray, 13% of its 190 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Puiseux-en-Bray had 418 residents at the 2012 census and 398 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
13% of homes are second homes, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 8.1% in Puiseux-en-Bray. On households without a car, Puiseux-en-Bray sits lower than 69% of compared French towns: 7.5%. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Puiseux-en-Bray has changed by −5%, slower than 87% 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 population moved ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
Older than 65% of compared French towns: half of Puiseux-en-Bray is over 46.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Puiseux-en-Bray 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Puiseux-en-Bray. 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 30% of households are one person living alone in Puiseux-en-Bray
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, 2.5 people share a household. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.1% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,970 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.
At €23,970 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 71% of compared French towns, at 36%
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 manager or professional make up about one in 11 here (9.1%). Measured more widely, 32% 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 make up 0.5% in Puiseux-en-Bray, less 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Puiseux-en-Bray has 2.8%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 80% 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
By its share of single residents (24%), Puiseux-en-Bray is below 62% of compared French towns. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 19%, a lower share than 88% 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
Adults with no qualification: 23% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 398 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Puiseux-en-Bray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puiseux-en-Bray | 46.2 | 21% | 13% | 2.8% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 4.2 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 5.6 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Gisors 12,410 · 9.3 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.2% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 9.9 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Étrépagny 3,670 · 10.5 mi | 47.8 | 24% | 1.5% | 5.2% |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin 3,338 · 11.1 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.4% | 7.5% |
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 Puiseux-en-Bray
What is the population of Puiseux-en-Bray?
398 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (418).
How old are Puiseux-en-Bray’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Puiseux-en-Bray?
24, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Puiseux-en-Bray?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Puiseux-en-Bray?
€23,970 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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