A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.6%
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 5.4% of homes are flats here. The 2023 Census counted 941 residents in 380 households. One-person households: 24% of the total. With a median age of 40.7, Valdampierre is younger than 75% 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 Valdampierre
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 6.6% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 68% 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 Valdampierre, 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 86% 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
■ Valdampierre 40.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 10%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 36% in Valdampierre, more 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
Each household has 2.5 people on average. At 6.6%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 93% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Only 0.3% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Valdampierre
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
Empty homes: 5.4%, below 69% of compared French towns. At the same time, at 4.1%, the share of second homes is higher than in 72% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households in social housing come to 12%.
At the median, €27,510 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,510 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
28% of households are headed by a retired person, below 75% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 7.9%, below three fifths of compared French towns. What’s more, on households headed by a manual worker, Valdampierre sits lower than 55% of compared French towns: 13%. Elsewhere, 32% 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).
Valdampierre: 5.8% 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.
Immigrants make up about one in 17 here (5.8%). That is lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. 4.8% of residents are foreign nationals, about the same as 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.
Valdampierre: 46% of residents 15 and over are married, above 73% 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 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Valdampierre comes in at 24%. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 67% of compared French towns: 26%
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
For Valdampierre, the census puts adults with no qualification at 19%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (941 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Valdampierre, 2 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valdampierre | 40.7 | 16% | 4.1% | 5.8% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 5.3 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Andeville 3,434 · 6 mi | 39 | 15% | 1.1% | 6.7% |
| Méru 13,897 · 6.1 mi | 36.7 | 15% | 0.7% | 19% |
| Sainte-Geneviève 3,505 · 6.6 mi | 36.6 | 13% | 1.4% | 5.9% |
| Noailles 2,877 · 6.9 mi | 40.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 4.9% |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin 3,338 · 7.9 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 Valdampierre
What is the population of Valdampierre?
941 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (937).
How old are Valdampierre’s residents?
The median age is 40.7, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valdampierre?
17, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valdampierre?
INSEE counts 55 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 45 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valdampierre?
€27,510 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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