Households in social housing make up 0.4% in Morisel, less than in 99% of compared French towns
By its share of couples with children (21%), Morisel is below 71% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 469 people lived in the town, in 230 households. Put another way, about one in 22: 4.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. With a median age of 47.1, Morisel is older than 70% of compared French towns.
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 Morisel
Fewer residents than in 2012
Morisel had 510 residents at the 2012 census and 469 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −8% since 2012, behind 95% 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, −3% in Somme.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 13% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Morisel 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 54% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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%.
A higher share of one-person households than 63% of compared French towns, at 38%
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
A household here holds 2.1 people on average. On average, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many single-parent households: 10% here, more than in 55% of compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 78% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Second homes are rarer here than in 59% of compared French towns. By its share of households without a car (9.3%), Morisel is below 58% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €24,740 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 €24,740 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 79% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 retired person tops 73% of compared French towns: 37%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Morisel, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 81% 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
By its share of single residents (24%), Morisel is below three fifths of compared French towns. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 94% of compared French towns, at 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (26%), Morisel is above just over four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 469 to 2,582
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Morisel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Morisel | 47.1 | 22% | 1.7% | 0.6% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 0.6 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 5 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Boves 3,234 · 6.7 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 1.6% | 2.5% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 7.2 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Longueau 5,680 · 8.8 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 1.3% | 6.2% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 9.4 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 Morisel
What is the population of Morisel?
469 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (510).
How old are Morisel’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Morisel?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Morisel?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Morisel?
€24,740 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.