In Carrépuis, 30% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% of compared French towns
4.9% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Carrépuis counted 250 residents and 110 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, nearly one in ten households have no car. Lower than in 70% of compared French towns: 19% of residents are 65 or over.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Carrépuis
Fewer residents than in 2012
Carrépuis had 277 residents at the 2012 census and 250 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−10% since 2012, a pace below 97% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −3% for the median Somme town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 9.8% in Carrépuis, less than in 68% 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
■ Carrépuis 44.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.1, Carrépuis is older than half of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 20% in Carrépuis, less than in 73% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.3 people share a household. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 32%, fewer than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Carrépuis ranks below 70% of compared French towns on empty homes: 5.3%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Nearly a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.5% moved in within the last two years. There is little gap on second homes: 2.1%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,670 a year in standard of living
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 residents live in households above €26,670 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 58% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns: 42%
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 is 5.2%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Carrépuis, 2.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 84% 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: 2%, below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
Married residents: 40%, a lower share than 68% 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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 97% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 27%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 250 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Carrépuis
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Carrépuis | 44.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 2.8% |
| Roye 5,833 · 1.6 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 9.3 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 11.8 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Ham 4,378 · 11.8 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 11.9 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 13.9 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
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 Carrépuis
What is the population of Carrépuis?
250 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (277).
How old are Carrépuis’ residents?
The median age is 44.1, older than 50% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Carrépuis?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Carrépuis?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Carrépuis?
€26,670 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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