Varesnes sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.7%)
Here 6.5% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Varesnes had 367 residents in 150 households at the 2023 Census. Across Varesnes, 1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM). Nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, more 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 Varesnes
Fewer residents than in 2012
Varesnes had 384 residents at the 2012 census and 367 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 86% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−4% since 2012, a pace below 86% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
Below 60% of compared French towns: 10% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Varesnes 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Varesnes is 44.3, higher than in 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, or about one in five.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 84% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
There are 2.4 people in the average household. More couples with children than in 75% of compared French towns: 30%. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Only 7.5% of households have no car in Varesnes
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
Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 33% have stayed three decades or more. The wider picture: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in 73% of compared French towns: 4.3%. On empty homes, 5.8% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €26,070 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.
Living standards centre on €26,070 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Only 29% of households are headed by a retired person in Varesnes
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
6.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a third 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).
Immigrants: 8.5%, a higher share than 63% 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 account for 5%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 89% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Single residents: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Varesnes ranks below 53% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 18%
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
Roughly three in ten: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 367 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Varesnes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Varesnes | 44.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 8.5% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 2.8 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 7 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Chauny 11,596 · 8 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 7.2% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 9.9 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 11 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 11.6 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 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 Varesnes
What is the population of Varesnes?
367 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (384).
How old are Varesnes’ residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Varesnes?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Varesnes?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.5% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Varesnes?
€26,070 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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