20% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 95% of compared French towns. About one in 27: that is how common households without a car are in Fransures (3.7%). At the 2023 Census, 125 people lived locally, in 53 households. In Fransures, 16% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
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 Fransures
Fewer residents than in 2012
Fransures had 147 residents at the 2012 census and 125 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −15% since 2012, behind 99% 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
In two steps, −10% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Somme.
Fransures is younger than 77% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Fransures 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 13%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fransures ranks above 75% of compared French towns on couples with children: 30%
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
In Fransures, 6.7% of homes are second homes, more than in 82% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 5% of homes stand empty.
A median standard of living of €27,020 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 residents live in households above €27,020 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.8%, a lower share than 99% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.8% of residents are foreign nationals in Fransures. The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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 33% of residents 15 and over are married in Fransures
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
With single residents at 21%, Fransures is behind 85% of compared French towns on that count. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fransures sits below 71% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (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
The share of graduates of higher education tops nearly three fifths of compared French towns: 33%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 125 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Fransures, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fransures | 40.4 | 16% | 6.7% | 0.8% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 6.1 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 6.6 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 10 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Saleux 2,739 · 10.1 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
| Salouël 4,179 · 10.7 mi | 32.5 | 19% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Boves 3,234 · 11.7 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 1.6% | 2.5% |
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 Fransures
What is the population of Fransures?
125 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (147).
How old are Fransures’ residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Fransures?
4, with occasional dwellings: 6.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Fransures?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Fransures?
€27,020 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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