41% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manual worker is 30%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. Wavignies had 1,341 residents in 520 households at the 2023 census. For Wavignies, the census puts second homes at 0.4%. On empty homes, Wavignies sits lower than 87% of compared French towns: 4%.
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 Wavignies
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Wavignies’ residents are under 37 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+11% since 2012, a pace 72% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Over those years, the median Oise town changed +2% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved ±0%, then +11% to 2023.
A median age of 37: Wavignies is younger than 91% 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
■ Wavignies 37. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 14% in Wavignies. On residents aged 15 to 24, Wavignies sits higher than 77% of compared French towns: 12%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 26% of households are one person living alone
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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Wavignies, 11%. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.6 people.
Wavignies sits below 87% of compared French towns for flats (10%)
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
One household in 17 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%. On the census count, 5.7% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households in social housing are common here: 15%, more than in 62% of compared French towns.
A median of €24,560 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,560 a year: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
In Wavignies, 23% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 91% 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
6.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 1.8%, a lower share than 94% of compared French towns
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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
Single residents make up 24% in Wavignies, less than in 58% 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
The share of married residents stands at 42%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Wavignies, less than in 91% 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 27% in Wavignies. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 1,341 to 2,582 people
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 in Wavignies to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Wavignies
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Wavignies | 37 | 14% | 0.4% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Just-en-Chaussée 5,810 · 4.3 mi | 41.2 | 20% | 0.7% | 6.6% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 6.8 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Agnetz 3,058 · 10.7 mi | 44.4 | 18% | 1% | 3% |
| Bresles 4,029 · 10.7 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 1.2% | 2.2% |
| Fitz-James 2,514 · 11.1 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 0.5% | 6.6% |
| Clermont 10,564 · 11.7 mi | 39.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 8.5% |
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 Wavignies
What is the population of Wavignies?
1,341 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (1,210).
How old are Wavignies’ residents?
The median age is 37, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Wavignies?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Wavignies?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Wavignies?
€24,560 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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