Fewer households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.1%
17% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Raray had 127 residents in 60 households at the 2023 census. Put another way, about one in three: 33% of households are headed by a manager or professional. On flats, Raray sits lower than 91% of compared French towns: 7.4%.
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 Raray
Fewer residents than in 2012
Raray had 158 residents at the 2012 census and 127 in 2023, down 20%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
60% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 19% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Empty homes
The census found 9 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−20% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
In two steps, −9% to 2017 and −12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Oise.
Raray is older than 73% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Raray 47.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 86% of compared French towns: 8.7%. The census found that 21% of residents are 65 or over in Raray.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 33% of households are one person living alone
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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 25%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Raray: 13% of homes stand empty, above 90% 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. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. 6.9% of homes are second homes, or about one in 14.
Median standard of living: €37,530 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.
Living standards centre on €37,530 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 97% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 55% of compared French towns, at 33%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Raray, 5.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 63% 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 63% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. Across Raray, 3.6% 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.
40% of residents 15 and over are married, below 69% 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%), Raray is below 61% of compared French towns. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
60% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Raray, 11%. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 127 to 2,582 people
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Raray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Raray | 47.7 | 21% | 6.9% | 5.1% |
| Verberie 3,898 · 3.4 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Pontpoint 3,275 · 4.3 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
| Béthisy-Saint-Pierre 3,111 · 4.8 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence 12,361 · 5.8 mi | 38.8 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Senlis 15,157 · 7.1 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 7.4 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
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 Raray
What is the population of Raray?
127 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% fewer than in 2012 (158).
How old are Raray’s residents?
The median age is 47.7, older than 73% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Raray?
5, with occasional dwellings: 6.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Raray?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Raray?
€37,530 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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