More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 47%
With households without a car at 4.9%, Boissey is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. 396 residents in 140 households: that is Boissey at the 2023 Census. Here, 4.2% of homes are flats. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 23%, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ain 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 Boissey
A town of families
47% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Boissey’s residents are under 36 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Boissey had 300 residents at the 2012 census and 396 in 2023, up 32%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Boissey grew +32% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 97% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ain town +13%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +12%; from 2017 to 2023, +18%.
Boissey is younger than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 36
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boissey 36. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 12%, Boissey is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9.7%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ain 51.0%, France 51.8%.
Boissey ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 19%
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 Ain median and the France median
Living alone · share
13% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Boissey sits above 87% of compared French towns for second homes (9.4%)
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
Empty homes: 3.7%, below 90% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 13% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 16% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €26,100 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.
The median standard of living in Boissey is €26,100 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
3.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 94% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (21%), Boissey is above 86% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 94% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals in Boissey. Across the comparison, 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.
Only 20% of residents 15 and over are single in Boissey
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
With married residents at 45%, Boissey is ahead of 67% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Boissey ranks below 89% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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
In Boissey, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 396 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Boissey is the youngest (36); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Boissey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boissey | 36 | 12% | 9.4% | 1.8% |
| Bâgé-Dommartin 4,050 · 3.9 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 5.8 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Montrevel-en-Bresse 2,743 · 6.8 mi | 49.6 | 31% | 2.3% | 4.4% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 7.5 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 9.4 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Attignat 3,409 · 10.4 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 1.2% | 3.7% |
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 Boissey
What is the population of Boissey?
396 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 32% more than in 2012 (300).
How old are Boissey’s residents?
The median age is 36, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 33% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boissey?
15, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boissey?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boissey?
€26,100 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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