One-person households make up 21% in Saint-Léger-en-Bray, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 4.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. 3.8% of homes are flats. On households headed by a manual worker, Saint-Léger-en-Bray sits higher than 95% of compared French towns: 24%. This Oise town had 378 residents in 150 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Saint-Léger-en-Bray
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Léger-en-Bray had 395 residents at the 2012 census and 378 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Saint-Léger-en-Bray has changed by −4%, slower than 86% 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 −12%, and from 2017 to 2023 +8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 85% of compared French towns, at 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Léger-en-Bray 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Saint-Léger-en-Bray has 12%. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. The median age locally is 44.3, higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Léger-en-Bray: 31% of households are couples with children, above 79% 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
A household here holds 2.6 people on average. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. There is little gap on single-parent households: 10%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Fewer households without a car than 78% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 9.1%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. For comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. At 4.4%, the share of second homes is higher than in 74% of compared French towns. The figure for empty homes is 5.1% in Saint-Léger-en-Bray and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €27,760 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 Saint-Léger-en-Bray’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,760 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 38% of households are headed by a retired person
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 manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Across the comparison, 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).
3.6% of residents are immigrants, below 77% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Saint-Léger-en-Bray, 1.9%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 86% 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
47% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 15% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 16th youngest 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Saint-Léger-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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Léger-en-Bray | 44.3 | 17% | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 2 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 3.9 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Noailles 2,877 · 9 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 4.9% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 10 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
| Sainte-Geneviève 3,505 · 10.4 mi | 36.6 | 13% | 1.4% | 5.9% |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin 3,338 · 10.7 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 Saint-Léger-en-Bray
What is the population of Saint-Léger-en-Bray?
378 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (395).
How old are Saint-Léger-en-Bray’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Léger-en-Bray?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Léger-en-Bray?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Léger-en-Bray?
€27,760 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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