Oms is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.7
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Oms has 4.8%. 16% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 88% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 364, in 190 households. Put another way, about one in 31: 3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 Oms
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 54 second homes and occasional dwellings in Oms, 20% of its 270 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 76% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Oms’ residents are under 57.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 20%
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
By its share of flats (9.2%), Oms is below 88% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, second homes come to 2.1%. Across Oms, 11% of homes stand empty.
A +12% change since 2012: Oms grew faster than 74% 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 +2% to 2017, then +9% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +10% in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 4.7% in Oms, less than in 99% 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
■ Oms 57.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a third of Oms’ residents are 65 or older, against 28% in the median Pyrénées-Orientales town and 22% in the median compared French town; 14% are under 18. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
39% of households are one person living alone, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 1.9 people. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Across Oms, just over one in ten households are single parents.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,900 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.
Half of Oms’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,900 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
In Oms, 7.9% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 88% 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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Oms has 7.9%. The usual figure: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. In Oms, 37% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Oms sits above 81% of compared French towns for immigrants (13%)
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are foreign nationals here. The usual figure: 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Oms
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married in Oms. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Oms sits below 92% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (11%)
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
Graduates of higher education: 39% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (364 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Oms
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Oms | 57.7 | 32% | 20% | 13% |
| Céret 7,521 · 4.1 mi | 57 | 37% | 13% | 8.9% |
| Amélie-les-Bains-Palalda 3,529 · 4.4 mi | 60.7 | 43% | 54% | 9.1% |
| Maureillas-las-Illas 3,006 · 6.2 mi | 55.4 | 33% | 13% | 8.3% |
| Arles-sur-Tech 2,815 · 6.6 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 9.6% | 9.6% |
| Le Boulou 5,487 · 6.8 mi | 54 | 35% | 13% | 11% |
| Thuir 8,243 · 6.9 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.1% | 9% |
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 Oms
What is the population of Oms?
364 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (326).
How old are Oms’ residents?
The median age is 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Oms?
54, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Oms?
INSEE counts 48 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 13% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Oms?
€23,900 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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