Households in social housing make up 21% in Venette, more than in 80% of compared French towns
With a median age of 41.1, Venette is younger than 72% of compared French towns. This Oise town had 2,758 residents in 1,250 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 14% in the town. A quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 27% here.
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, 75% of compared French towns grew faster than Venette: −1%
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: +2% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 69% 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
■ Venette 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
More one-person households than 56% of compared French towns: 37%
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 10%, more than in half of compared French towns. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Venette, 14% of households have no car, more than in 65% of compared French towns
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
Flats: 33% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 7.1%. 1.9% of homes are second homes, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
€25,580 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Venette is €25,580 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns. 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 16% in Venette, more than in 61% 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
Roughly three in ten: 31% of households are headed by a retired person. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 60% of compared French towns: 7.9%
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.
The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 60% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 5.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Venette.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 40% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Venette has 27%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Venette ranks above 65% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 22%
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
Graduates of higher education: 30% of the total. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd 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.
Trieux is the youngest (37.7); Collioure the oldest (60.8).
Around Venette, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Venette | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 1 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 1 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
| Choisy-au-Bac 3,449 · 3.9 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 2.3% | 6.6% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 4.2 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 4.4 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 5.5 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
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 Venette
What is the population of Venette?
2,758 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (2,792).
How old are Venette’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Venette?
26, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Venette?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.9% of residents, and 150 foreign nationals (5.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Venette?
€25,580 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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