A median age of 53.7: Songeons is older than 92% of compared French towns
4.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 5.5% of households are single parents. The 2023 Census put Songeons’s population at 926, in 450 households. The share of households without a car stands at 19%.
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 Songeons
Fewer residents than in 2012
Songeons had 1,084 residents at the 2012 census and 926 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Songeons’ residents are under 53.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Songeons changed by −15% since 2012
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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%. The first five years brought −1%; the six to 2023, −14%.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 33% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Songeons 53.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Songeons comes in at 8.4%. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Songeons ranks above 82% of compared French towns on one-person households: 44%
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
With couples with children at 19%, Songeons is behind 77% of compared French towns on that count. A household here holds 2 people on average. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Songeons ranks above 99% of compared French towns on empty homes: 18%
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Songeons comes in at 3.2%. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 15% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in seven. Few places have so few flats: 24% here, fewer than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,140 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.
The median standard of living in Songeons is €24,140 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Songeons ranks above 93% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 45%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Songeons has 19%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.9% of residents are immigrants, below 83% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Songeons has 2.2%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
For Songeons, the census puts married residents at 44%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
35% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 98% of compared French towns
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
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 926 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Songeons is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Songeons | 53.7 | 33% | 3.2% | 2.9% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 7.8 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 8.8 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 10.8 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 13.2 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 13.9 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 14.3 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 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 Songeons
What is the population of Songeons?
926 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (1,084).
How old are Songeons’ residents?
The median age is 53.7, older than 92% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Songeons?
18, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Songeons?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Songeons?
€24,140 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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