Households without a car: 1.6%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
With residents aged 15 to 24 at 7.3%, Wambez is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count. This Oise town had 158 residents in 66 households at the 2023 Census. For Wambez, the census puts second homes at 7.9%. Half are older than 49.6, older than just over four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Wambez
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 56% 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 change was +7% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Oise town +2%.
Older than 82% of compared French towns: half of Wambez is over 49.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Wambez 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Wambez, 27%.
Women and men · all residents
43% women, 57% men
About 74 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, below 94% of compared French towns
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 33% of households are couples with children, or about one in three.
100% of homes are houses
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.
€28,200 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.
At €28,200 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 17% in Wambez, more than in 67% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 8.3%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 33%, more than in 55% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 85% of compared French towns: 2.7% of residents are immigrants
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 2% in Wambez. As a reference point, 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.
Wambez ranks below 63% of compared French towns on married residents: 41%
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
More single residents than in 54% of compared French towns: 26%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 57% 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
For Wambez, the census puts graduates of higher education at 30%. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (158 to 2,582 people), the 14th oldest
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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Wambez, 2 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wambez | 49.6 | 27% | 7.9% | 2.7% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 6.7 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 10.6 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 11.6 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 12.2 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 12.3 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 12.5 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
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 Wambez
What is the population of Wambez?
158 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (153).
How old are Wambez’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wambez?
6, with occasional dwellings: 7.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wambez?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wambez?
€28,200 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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