A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns, at 8.3%
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Warsy. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 139, in 62 households. The share of one-person households stands at 33%. Households without a car are more common here than in 67% 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 Warsy
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 11 second homes and occasional dwellings in Warsy, 13% of its 83 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 10 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.
13% of homes are second homes, a share 90% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
With empty homes at 12%, Warsy is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count. 3.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 16% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 68% of compared French towns: Warsy changed by +9% since 2012
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 +13% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Warsy is under 40.6, younger than 75% 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
■ Warsy 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Warsy has 12%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 76% of compared French towns, at 8.3%
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. On average, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 51% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,190 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.
Half of residents live in households above €23,190 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
In Warsy, 17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 67% 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
About one in 12: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Warsy (8.3%). Measured more widely, 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).
Warsy sits below 63% of compared French towns for immigrants (5%)
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.
The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns. Locally, 3.6% of residents are foreign nationals. As a yardstick, 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 single residents than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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 married residents (46%), Warsy is above three quarters of compared French towns. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
24% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
28% of Warsy’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 24% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 139 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Warsy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Warsy | 40.6 | 15% | 13% | 5% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 4.8 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Roye 5,833 · 6.2 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 8.4 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 9 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 13 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 13.1 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
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 Warsy
What is the population of Warsy?
139 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (127).
How old are Warsy’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 75% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Warsy?
11, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Warsy?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Warsy?
€23,190 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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