Below 99% of compared French towns: 11% of households are one person living alone
With households without a car at 4.3%, Pœuilly is behind 93% of compared French towns on that count. By contrast, the town has more households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns, at 44%. In Pœuilly, 9% of homes stand empty.
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 Pœuilly
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 13% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 66% of compared French towns grew faster than Pœuilly: +1%
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 change was +14% from 2012 to 2017 and −12% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Somme town −3%.
A median age of 47.8: Pœuilly is older than 73% 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
■ Pœuilly 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Pœuilly comes in at 13%. Add to that, residents aged 65 and over are more common here than in 60% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Pœuilly: 33% of households are couples with children, above 88% of compared French towns
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 comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
100% 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
Pœuilly sits close to the norm on second homes: 3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €25,010 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,010 a year: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 11% in Pœuilly, less than in 70% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Pœuilly comes in at 11%. By way of comparison, 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).
0% of residents in Pœuilly are immigrants
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 54%
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
The share of single residents stands at 25%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Pœuilly sits below 73% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
Here 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 107 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Pœuilly
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pœuilly | 47.8 | 24% | 3% | 0% |
| Péronne 7,090 · 8.4 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 1.4% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Quentin 52,813 · 8.5 mi | 41.3 | 23% | 1.6% | 9% |
| Gauchy 5,183 · 8.8 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 0.4% | 4% |
| Ham 4,378 · 9.4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 14.6 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 16.5 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
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 Pœuilly
What is the population of Pœuilly?
107 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (106).
How old are Pœuilly’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 73% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Pœuilly?
2, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Pœuilly?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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 Pœuilly?
€25,010 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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