A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.8%
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Salency comes in at 43%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. 897 residents in 380 households: that is Salency at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 27% of households are one person living alone.
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 Salency
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 4% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Salency changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 63% 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Oise.
Older than 59% of compared French towns: half of Salency is over 45.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Salency 45.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Salency sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in nearly three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 90% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in 99% of compared French towns: 4%.
A higher share of second homes than 78% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 36%. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 6.3%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €25,940 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.
The median standard of living in Salency is €25,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Salency sits below 59% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (8%)
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven. To put it in context, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 69% of compared French towns: 4.4% of residents are immigrants
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 69% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals account for 2.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Salency, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 71% 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
In Salency, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
The census found that 20% of adults out of school have no qualification in Salency. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Salency, 2 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Salency | 45.4 | 24% | 5.4% | 4.4% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 2 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 7.5 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Chauny 11,596 · 7.8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 7.2% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 10.7 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Ham 4,378 · 11.1 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 11.8 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
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 Salency
What is the population of Salency?
897 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (882).
How old are Salency’s residents?
The median age is 45.4, older than 59% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Salency?
23, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Salency?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Salency?
€25,940 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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