Saint-Paul ranks below 95% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7%
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Saint-Paul has 6.9%. In 2023, the Census found 1,633 residents in the town, living in 690 households. For Saint-Paul, the census puts single-parent households at 6.5%. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 86% of compared French towns.
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.
Saint-Paul grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 62% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +1%; 2017 to 2023, +7%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Oise town +2%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 19%, a lower share than 70% 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
■ Saint-Paul 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.7, Saint-Paul is older than 55% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 25% in Saint-Paul, less than in 94% 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
By its share of couples with children (31%), Saint-Paul is above 80% of compared French towns. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Only 4.2% of households have no car in Saint-Paul
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 12% in the typical compared French town, 7.5% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Saint-Paul. For comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in 63 here (1.6%). The town has fewer empty homes than 55% of compared French towns, at 6.4%.
A median of €30,800 a year per consumption unit
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 €30,800 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
In Saint-Paul, 27% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns
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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Saint-Paul has 11%. The wider picture: 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).
Only 4.4% of residents are immigrants in Saint-Paul
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 share of foreign nationals is 2.4%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 69% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 18% in Saint-Paul, less than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Saint-Paul comes in at 50%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns, at 42%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 14% in Saint-Paul and 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,633 to 2,582
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.
No nearby town is as old as Saint-Paul
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Paul | 44.7 | 19% | 1.6% | 4.4% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 3.8 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 3.8 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 11.2 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
| Noailles 2,877 · 11.2 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 4.9% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 11.5 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin 3,338 · 12.2 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-Paul
What is the population of Saint-Paul?
1,633 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (1,516).
How old are Saint-Paul’s residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Paul?
12, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Paul?
INSEE counts 72 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Paul?
€30,800 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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