A smaller share of single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 5.5%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 84% of compared French towns. Ravenel is home to 1,041 residents in 460 households, by the 2023 Census. For Ravenel, the census puts flats at 8.7%. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 20% in the 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 Ravenel
Fewer residents than in 2012
Ravenel had 1,145 residents at the 2012 census and 1,041 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Ravenel has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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
The change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and −5% from 2017 to 2023.
Ravenel ranks below 77% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Ravenel 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age in Ravenel is 45.5, higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are couples with children, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
By its share of one-person households (28%), Ravenel is below 84% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.3 people each.
Ravenel sits below 77% of compared French towns for households without a car (6.5%)
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
At 1.3%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are common here: 7.1%, more than in 55% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 26% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 5% (under two years).
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,600 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,600 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
Ravenel sits below 67% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (29%)
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
9.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 53% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person: 32% 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 73% of compared French towns: 4.1%
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.
2.2% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
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 62% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in Ravenel. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 23%, a lower share than 76% 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 Ravenel, 24%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Ravenel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ravenel | 45.5 | 18% | 1.3% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 3.1 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Estrées-Saint-Denis 3,664 · 8.9 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Fitz-James 2,514 · 9.2 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 0.5% | 6.6% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 9.8 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Agnetz 3,058 · 10.2 mi | 44.4 | 18% | 1% | 3% |
| Clermont 10,564 · 10.2 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 8.5% |
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 Ravenel
What is the population of Ravenel?
1,041 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (1,145).
How old are Ravenel’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Ravenel?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Ravenel?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Ravenel?
€26,600 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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