Couples with children make up 37% in Saintines, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 16%, below 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,060 people lived in Saintines, in 430 households. Flats make up about one in nine here (11%). Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 87% 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.
What stands out about the people of Saintines
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Saintines’ residents are under 37.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+8% since 2012, a pace 62% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 change was +9%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Half of Saintines is under 37.4, younger than 90% 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
■ Saintines 37.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 14%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Saintines has 13%. Average household size: 2.5 people. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households without a car than 88% of compared French towns, at 4.9%
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
8.5% of households arrived within the last two years, while 21% have stayed 30 years or more. Fewer households in social housing than in 79% of compared French towns: 6.6%. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 5.4% of homes stand empty here.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,460 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.
Living standards centre on €27,460 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
24% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 95% 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
With households headed by a manager or professional at 14%, Saintines is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 82% of compared French towns, at 3%
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.
Foreign nationals: 2.2% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Single residents make up 19% in Saintines, less than in 94% 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
42% of residents 15 and over are married, a lower share than in 56% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
30% of adults hold a diploma above the bac
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
Adults with no qualification account for 19%. Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,060 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Saintines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saintines | 37.4 | 14% | 3% | 3% |
| Béthisy-Saint-Pierre 3,111 · 1.5 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Verberie 3,898 · 1.7 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 3.7 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
| Pontpoint 3,275 · 5.5 mi | 43.5 | 19% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence 12,361 · 7.3 mi | 38.8 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 7.4 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
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 Saintines
What is the population of Saintines?
1,060 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (984).
How old are Saintines’ residents?
The median age is 37.4, younger than 90% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saintines?
14, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saintines?
INSEE counts 32 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% 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 Saintines?
€27,460 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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