Villembray ranks above 99% of compared French towns on couples with children: 42%
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Villembray has 17%. This Oise town had 247 residents in 98 households at the 2023 census. Across Villembray, 0.9% of homes are flats. Fewer households without a car than in 87% of compared French towns: 5.1%.
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 Villembray
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
±0% since 2012: slower than 71% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +3%, and from 2017 to 2023 −4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 88% 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
■ Villembray 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.4, Villembray is older than 52% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Villembray ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 16%
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
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
3.7% of homes in Villembray 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
Here 5.6% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. 24% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 2% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,320 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,320 a year: higher than in 73% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 5.3%, a lower share than 83% 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 manual worker make up 16%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 32% in Villembray. The usual figure: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Villembray
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 a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 2.4% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 53% in Villembray. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 77% of compared French towns
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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 16% in Villembray. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 16th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
2 of 6 neighbors are older than Villembray
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villembray | 44.4 | 17% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 6.8 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 9.2 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 9.8 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 10.2 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 12.9 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 13.4 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
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 Villembray
What is the population of Villembray?
247 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (248).
How old are Villembray’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villembray?
4, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villembray?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villembray?
€28,320 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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