Only 1.6% of homes are flats in Buire
In Buire, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 795 residents in 360 households. One-person households come to 28% here, about three in ten. Few places have so few households in social housing: 8.1% here, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Buire
Fewer residents than in 2012
Buire had 880 residents at the 2012 census and 795 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Buire’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−10% since 2012, a pace below 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
The median Aisne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −9%.
A median age of 51.3: Buire is older than 87% 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
■ Buire 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. A quarter of residents are 65 or over, more than in 70% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Buire, 7.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Buire has more couples with children than 53% of compared French towns, at 26%. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Only 0.5% of homes are second homes in Buire
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
Some 5.6% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 30% who have been there 30 years or more. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The share of households without a car stands at 7.6%. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 6.4% of homes stand empty.
A typical living standard of €23,420 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 Buire is €23,420 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 45% in Buire, more than in 93% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.3%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person 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 2.5% in Buire, less than in 87% 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.
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Buire ranks above 97% of compared French towns on married residents: 52%
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: 21%, below 84% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Buire, 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 89% 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
Adults with no qualification: 24% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Buire 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 Buire
What is the population of Buire?
795 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (880).
How old are Buire’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buire?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buire?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Buire?
€23,420 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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