Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.8% in Offignies, less than in 94% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Offignies counted 83 residents and 36 households at the 2023 Census. On the census count, 6.1% of households have no car. 7% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%).
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 Offignies
Growing fast
Offignies had 67 residents at the 2012 census and 83 in 2023, up 24%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 5 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +24% change since 2012: faster than 93% 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 +12% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Somme.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 76% of compared French towns: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Offignies 44.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Offignies’s residents are over 44.7, older than in 55% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 29% of households are one person living alone in Offignies
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
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Average household size: 2.3 people. Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 29% of households are couples with children in Offignies.
In Offignies, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 89% 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
Without a car: one household in 17, against 11% in the median compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty.
Offignies ranks above 90% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 43%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.3% of residents are immigrants, below 98% 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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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: 44%, a higher share than 56% 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
Single residents make up about one in four here (25%). In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 44% and 9.4%, and 6.3% are widowed.
Offignies: 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 67% 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
For Offignies, the census puts adults with no qualification at 20%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 83 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 3 of 5 towns have older populations than Offignies
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Offignies | 44.7 | 18% | 7% | 1.3% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 9.9 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 13.6 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 16.7 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Saleux 2,739 · 17.8 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
| Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 17.8 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 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 Offignies
What is the population of Offignies?
83 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 24% more than in 2012 (67).
How old are Offignies’ residents?
The median age is 44.7, older than 55% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Offignies?
3, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Offignies?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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).
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