Roy-Boissy sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (40%)
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Roy-Boissy has 0.6%. On the census count, 3.7% of households have no car. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 95% of compared French towns: 3.5%. There were 140 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 328 residents.
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 Roy-Boissy
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Roy-Boissy had 348 residents at the 2012 census and 328 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 20 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 90% of compared French towns: Roy-Boissy changed by −6% since 2012
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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −9%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Oise town +2%.
Above 85% of compared French towns: 13% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Roy-Boissy 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 43.5, Roy-Boissy is younger than 54% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns
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 2.4 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Only 0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Roy-Boissy
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten homes stand empty in Roy-Boissy. Across Roy-Boissy, nearly one in ten homes are second homes.
€28,790 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 Roy-Boissy’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,790 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Roy-Boissy sits above 89% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (43%)
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Roy-Boissy. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Roy-Boissy. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 40% of residents 15 and over are married in Roy-Boissy
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 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Only 14% of adults out of school have no qualification in Roy-Boissy
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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 52% of compared French towns. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 328 to 2,582 people, the 13th youngest
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).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Roy-Boissy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Roy-Boissy | 43.5 | 21% | 9.3% | 1.8% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 6.1 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 7.2 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 11.4 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 12.4 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 14.6 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 16.9 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
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 Roy-Boissy
What is the population of Roy-Boissy?
328 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (348).
How old are Roy-Boissy’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Roy-Boissy?
16, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Roy-Boissy?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Roy-Boissy?
€28,790 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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