In Sommereux, 36% of households are couples with children, more than in 95% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manual worker at 27%, Sommereux is ahead of 98% of compared French towns on that count. This Oise town is home to 481 residents in 190 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Sommereux, 12% of homes are flats. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 80% 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 Sommereux
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 8.1% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Sommereux’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +15% since 2012 puts Sommereux ahead of 82% 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
Over those years, the median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Sommereux is younger than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 38.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Sommereux 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 16% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 50% of compared French towns: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 23% 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
Single-parent households make up 8.1%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people.
A higher share of empty homes than 81% of compared French towns, at 10%
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
25% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 8.1% moved in within the last two years. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Households without a car are rarer here than in three quarters of compared French towns. Little separates the share of second homes here, 2.8%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,130 a year to live on
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 Sommereux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,130 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
In Sommereux, 5.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 82% 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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 28% of households are headed by a retired person here. To put it in context, nearly one in ten 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).
1.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 98% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1% of residents are foreign nationals here. As a reference point, 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: 21%, a lower share than 84% 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
The share of married residents tops 74% of compared French towns: 46%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In Sommereux, nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Sommereux and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sommereux | 38.7 | 16% | 2.8% | 1.2% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 2.4 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 6.2 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 13.8 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Saleux 2,739 · 16.6 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
| Salouël 4,179 · 17.4 mi | 32.5 | 19% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 17.4 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
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 Sommereux
What is the population of Sommereux?
481 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (418).
How old are Sommereux’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Sommereux?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Sommereux?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Sommereux?
€25,130 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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