1.3% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Gratibus, 7.6%. This Somme town has more households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns, at 27%. Census day 2023: 175 residents and 81 households in the town. Second homes account for 7.4%.
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.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Gratibus behind 70% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Somme town −3%. The change was +4% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023.
Gratibus is older than 60% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Gratibus 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are 15 to 24 in Gratibus. Residents aged 65 and over account for 21%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Gratibus sits below 90% of compared French towns for one-person households (27%)
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
6.7% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Gratibus has fewer couples with children than 74% of compared French towns, at 20%. Set beside that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
92% 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
2.6% of households arrived within the last two years, while 31% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Gratibus sits close to the norm on empty homes: 7.4%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
€25,910 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.
Living standards centre on €25,910 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 40%, a higher share than 83% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (13%), Gratibus is above 70% of compared French towns. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Gratibus comes in at 0.6%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 57% of compared French towns: 42%
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
Few places have so few single residents: 24% here, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Gratibus sits below 93% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (17%)
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 15%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Gratibus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Gratibus | 45.5 | 21% | 7.4% | 1.2% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 3.1 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 6.6 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 9 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Roye 5,833 · 11 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 11.4 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 11.7 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
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 Gratibus
What is the population of Gratibus?
175 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (175).
How old are Gratibus’ residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Gratibus?
7, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Gratibus?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Gratibus?
€25,910 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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