A median age of 36.9: Villers-Saint-Paul is younger than 92% of compared French towns
Here a third of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In 2023, the Census found 6,480 residents in Villers-Saint-Paul, living in 2,440 households. The census found that 27% of households are headed by a retired person here. The town has more flats than 65% of compared French towns, at 41%.
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 Villers-Saint-Paul
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,200 immigrants in Villers-Saint-Paul (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 7.4% for the median compared commune in Oise. 13% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Villers-Saint-Paul’s residents are under 36.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Social housing
30% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 15% rent privately and 53% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+2% since 2012: slower than 63% 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
Here the change came as +1% to 2017, then +1% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Oise.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 15% in Villers-Saint-Paul, less than in 90% 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
■ Villers-Saint-Paul 36.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Villers-Saint-Paul. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 94% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Households average 2.6 people. 30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 75% of compared French towns. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Villers-Saint-Paul sits above 92% of compared French towns for households in social housing (30%)
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
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Villers-Saint-Paul has 0.9%. Across the comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 14% of households have no car, or about one in seven.
Standard of living at the median: €21,920 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.
At €21,920 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 89% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 25.0%.
Villers-Saint-Paul ranks above 67% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 17%
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 make up 7.2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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).
18% of residents are immigrants, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 share of foreign nationals is 13%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 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.
A larger share of single residents than 82% of compared French towns: 31%
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
The share of married residents tops three fifths of compared French towns: 44%. To put it in context, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 81% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 25% in Villers-Saint-Paul and 30% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (6,427 to 6,534 people), the 2nd 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 Vezin-le-Coquet (36.5), the youngest, and Gueugnon (58), the oldest.
Villers-Saint-Paul and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Villers-Saint-Paul | 36.9 | 15% | 0.9% | 18% |
| Nogent-sur-Oise 21,907 · 1.3 mi | 34.8 | 14% | 0.7% | 27% |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte 4,775 · 1.7 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Laigneville 4,926 · 2.1 mi | 37.3 | 16% | 0.6% | 11% |
| Creil 36,301 · 2.2 mi | 31.8 | 11% | 0.6% | 34% |
| Liancourt 6,785 · 2.9 mi | 38.4 | 17% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Cauffry 2,649 · 3 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 0.5% | 8.6% |
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 Villers-Saint-Paul
What is the population of Villers-Saint-Paul?
6,480 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (6,378).
How old are Villers-Saint-Paul’s residents?
The median age is 36.9, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Villers-Saint-Paul?
24, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Villers-Saint-Paul?
INSEE counts 1,190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 870 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Villers-Saint-Paul?
€21,920 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 25.0% 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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