Below 98% of compared French towns: 3.1% of homes are flats
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns. There were 290 households in Rethondes at the 2023 Census, home to 647 residents. Across Rethondes, 21% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Second homes: 5.5% here and 2.1% 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 Rethondes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Rethondes had 743 residents at the 2012 census and 647 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Rethondes changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
The median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −12% and the next six −1%.
Half of Rethondes is over 48.5, older than 77% 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
■ Rethondes 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Rethondes comes in at 9%. Across Rethondes, 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 30% of households are one person living alone in Rethondes
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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, 35% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 12%, more than in four fifths of compared French towns. Couples with children make up 26%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 4.6% of households have no car in Rethondes
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 9.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 19%. Few places have so few empty homes: 6.5% here, fewer than in 53% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €31,480 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.
Half of residents live in households above €31,480 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 84% of compared French towns, at 25%
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
In Rethondes, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
Below 70% of compared French towns: 2.6% of residents are foreign nationals
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 61% of compared French towns. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 5.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In Rethondes, 50% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 43%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Rethondes comes in at 15%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 647 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
Rethondes is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Rethondes | 48.5 | 19% | 5.5% | 5.2% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 3 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 4.7 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 5 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 5.4 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 5.6 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Venette 2,758 · 6.2 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
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 Rethondes
What is the population of Rethondes?
647 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (743).
How old are Rethondes’ residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Rethondes?
18, with occasional dwellings: 5.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Rethondes?
INSEE counts 34 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Rethondes?
€31,480 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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