Only 4.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Moreuil
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 39% of households are one person living alone here. At 9.5%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 76% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Moreuil’s population at 3,936, in 1,820 households. Here, a fifth of homes are flats.
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.
Moreuil’s population moved −3% on 2012, less than in 80% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −1%, then −1% to 2023.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 74% 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
■ Moreuil 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that 23% of residents are 65 or over in Moreuil. With a median age of 43.9, Moreuil is younger than 51% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 68% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. On the census count, 24% of households are couples with children. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
More households without a car than 65% of compared French towns: 14%
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 seven has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing are more common here than in 57% of compared French towns. Turnover: 10% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 23% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,770 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.
At €23,770 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 74% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 15.0% of the population.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 18% in Moreuil, more than in 75% 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
The census found that a third of households are headed by a retired person in Moreuil. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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.
0.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. Set beside 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.
A smaller share of married residents than 81% of compared French towns: 38%
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
In the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Moreuil, 27%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 27% in Moreuil, more than in 85% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 24%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,905 to 3,968 people: this is the 20th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Suippes (32.4), the youngest, and Arvert (57.2), the oldest.
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Moreuil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Moreuil | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 5.4 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Boves 3,234 · 6.4 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 1.6% | 2.5% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 6.6 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Longueau 5,680 · 8.6 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 1.3% | 6.2% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 9.4 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.1% | 1.9% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 9.7 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
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 Moreuil
What is the population of Moreuil?
3,936 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (4,037).
How old are Moreuil’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Moreuil?
63, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Moreuil?
INSEE counts 45 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Moreuil?
€23,770 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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