Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.1%
Here 3.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. For Wacquemoulin, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.3%. Fewer one-person households than in 91% of compared French towns: 26%. This Oise town is home to 283 residents in 120 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Wacquemoulin
Fewer residents than in 2012
Wacquemoulin had 299 residents at the 2012 census and 283 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −5% change since 2012: slower 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
The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, −6%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 62% of compared French towns, at 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wacquemoulin 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Wacquemoulin’s residents are over 44.3, older than in 52% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Wacquemoulin sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (3.9%)
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: 2.3 people. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. Nearly a third of households are couples with children, a higher share than in 82% of compared French towns.
4.6% of households have no car, below 91% 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
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Wacquemoulin comes in at 5.4%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. For Wacquemoulin, the census puts empty homes at 8.1%. 2.7% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 58% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,600 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 €25,600 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 80% of compared French towns: 19%
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
In Wacquemoulin, 30% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. 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).
Only 0.7% of residents are immigrants in Wacquemoulin
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 0.7% in Wacquemoulin. That is lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Wacquemoulin ranks below 89% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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 census found that just over two in five residents 15 and over are married in Wacquemoulin. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 73% of compared French towns: 23%
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
By its share of adults with no qualification (24%), Wacquemoulin is above nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 283 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Wacquemoulin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wacquemoulin | 44.3 | 20% | 2.7% | 0.7% |
| Estrées-Saint-Denis 3,664 · 5.3 mi | 44.4 | 22% | 1.2% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 8.3 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Venette 2,758 · 10.1 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 10.3 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Margny-lès-Compiègne 8,677 · 10.5 mi | 37.8 | 16% | 2% | 14% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 11.1 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
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 Wacquemoulin
What is the population of Wacquemoulin?
283 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (299).
How old are Wacquemoulin’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wacquemoulin?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wacquemoulin?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wacquemoulin?
€25,600 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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