Fewer flats than 98% of compared French towns: 3.1%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Bucilly’s population at 204, in 84 households. Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.4% of the total. 9.3% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%.
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.
Bucilly grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 65% 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 first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, +6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aisne town −4%.
A median age of 49.4: Bucilly is older than 81% 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
■ Bucilly 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of Bucilly’s residents are 65 or older, against 23% in the median Aisne town and 22% in the median compared French town; 23% are under 18.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
The figure for couples with children is 29% in Bucilly and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 79% of compared French towns.
4.1% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 86% 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
Here 7.1% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 1.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 38% have stayed 30 years or more.
€23,700 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €23,700 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 29% of households are headed by a manual worker
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: 5.9%, below 77% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 67% of compared French towns: 29%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.5% of residents are immigrants, below 97% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Bucilly comes in at 1%. The median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bucilly: 56% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% 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: 19%, below 95% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 81% of compared French towns: 26%
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 the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Bucilly, 26%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
14th highest median age among 41 French towns of 204 to 2,582
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).
Bucilly is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bucilly
What is the population of Bucilly?
204 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (188).
How old are Bucilly’s residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bucilly?
9, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bucilly?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.5% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bucilly?
€23,700 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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