3.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Boué, 7.9%. 13% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 89% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 1,315 people lived here, in 590 households. Across Boué, 19% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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.
+3% since 2012: slower than 58% 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
The median Aisne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six −1%.
Younger than 67% of compared French towns: half of Boué is under 41.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boué 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 77% of compared French towns: 12%. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Boué, 23% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 59% 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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.2 people. 35% of households are one person living alone, more than in 51% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Second homes: 0.9%, a lower share than 83% 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
Turnover: 13% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. 8.5% of homes stand empty, more than in 69% of compared French towns. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households without a car are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 11%.
A typical living standard of €23,060 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.
Living standards centre on €23,060 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
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
40% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). For 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).
Immigrants make up 0.8% in Boué, less 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.
Foreign nationals: 0.5%, below 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Boué sits below 67% of compared French towns for married residents (40%)
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
Put another way, about one in four: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 40% and 5.7%, and 6.5% are widowed.
In Boué, 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 98% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 29% of adults out of school have no qualification in Boué. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,315 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Boué
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boué | 41.8 | 23% | 0.9% | 0.8% |
| Landrecies 3,407 · 7.8 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 0.3% | 0.8% |
| Guise 4,490 · 8.1 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1% | 1.8% |
| Le Cateau-Cambrésis 6,764 · 9.4 mi | 42 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Bohain-en-Vermandois 5,605 · 10.9 mi | 41.1 | 21% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Avesnes-sur-Helpe 4,012 · 12.8 mi | 42.7 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| Fresnoy-le-Grand 2,890 · 13.2 mi | 44.1 | 23% | 1.2% | 2.7% |
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 Boué
What is the population of Boué?
1,315 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,278).
How old are Boué’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boué?
6, with occasional dwellings: 0.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boué?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boué?
€23,060 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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