1.2% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
The share of one-person households is 24%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many empty homes: 9.7% here, more than in 78% of compared French towns. Viefvillers is home to 211 residents in 85 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 2.1% in the town.
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 Viefvillers
Growing fast
Viefvillers had 177 residents at the 2012 census and 211 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Viefvillers has grown +19%, faster than 89% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Oise. Here the change came as +9% to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.3%, a lower share than 96% 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
■ Viefvillers 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 40.4, Viefvillers is younger than 77% of compared French towns. Locally, 17% of residents are 65 or over. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
On average, 2.5 people share a household. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 4.9% of homes are second homes
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. 20% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 6% moved in within the last two years. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €26,820 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €26,820 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 59% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 77% of compared French towns: 5.9%
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 12%, Viefvillers is behind 65% of compared French towns on that count. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Households headed by a retired person account for 35%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
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.
1.9% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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 Viefvillers, 11% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
By its share of married residents (51%), Viefvillers is above 94% of compared French towns. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Viefvillers sits above 62% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (21%)
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
With graduates of higher education at 32%, Viefvillers is ahead of 56% of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (211 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Viefvillers is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Viefvillers | 40.4 | 17% | 4.9% | 2.9% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 2.2 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 7.5 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 9.1 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 12.7 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 14.3 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 15.3 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 Viefvillers
What is the population of Viefvillers?
211 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (177).
How old are Viefvillers’ residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Viefvillers?
5, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Viefvillers?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.9% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Viefvillers?
€26,820 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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