0.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Valescourt, 4% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. One-person households account for 29%. Few places have as many households headed by a manual worker: 21% here, more than in 86% of compared French towns. The town counted 295 residents and 120 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
From 2012 to 2023, Valescourt outgrew 59% of compared French towns: +7%
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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Oise town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then +1% to 2023.
Valescourt is older than 62% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Valescourt 45.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Valescourt has 12%. Add to that, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in just over three fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 82% of compared French towns, at 12%
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 2.4 people on average. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Only 5.9% of homes stand empty in Valescourt
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. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 1.6% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 37%. At 2.2%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,000 a year in standard of living
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 €26,000 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 33% in Valescourt, more than in 56% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison 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).
2.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 2.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
In Valescourt, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 78% 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
Here, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 47% and 7.2%, and 6.5% are widowed.
Valescourt ranks below 87% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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 make up 25%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 295 to 2,582 people: this is the 19th oldest
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.
No nearby town is as old as Valescourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Valescourt | 45.9 | 24% | 2.2% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 1.6 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Fitz-James 2,514 · 6.3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 0.5% | 6.6% |
| Agnetz 3,058 · 6.8 mi | 44.4 | 18% | 1% | 3% |
| Clermont 10,564 · 7.2 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 8.5% |
| Breuil-le-Vert 3,183 · 8.1 mi | 45.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 9.9 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
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 Valescourt
What is the population of Valescourt?
295 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (276).
How old are Valescourt’s residents?
The median age is 45.9, older than 62% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Valescourt?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Valescourt?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Valescourt?
€26,000 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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