A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 11%
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Bussiares, 8.2%. By contrast, at 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 126 residents and 50 households here. Here, 7.7% of households have no car.
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 Bussiares
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.1% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Bussiares behind 70% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +21%; 2017 to 2023, −17%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Aisne town −4%.
Bussiares ranks above 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bussiares 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bussiares is 39.8, lower than in 80% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are couples with children, more than in 95% 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
Little separates the share of single-parent households here, 9.1%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Households average 2.5 people.
8.2% of homes stand empty, more than in 66% 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
Just over one in ten households have been in place 30 years or more; 5.8% moved in within the last two years. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€24,800 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.
The median standard of living in Bussiares is €24,800 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
Bussiares sits below 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (9.1%)
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Bussiares, 27%. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in 11 here (9.1%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 2.3%
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.
With foreign nationals at 1.5%, Bussiares is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. The median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. 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.
A higher share of married residents than 67% of compared French towns, at 45%
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
Across Bussiares, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 63% 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
On the census count, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 126 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Bussiares
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bussiares | 39.8 | 11% | 8.2% | 2.3% |
| Essômes-sur-Marne 2,691 · 6.2 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 2.3% | 9.6% |
| Château-Thierry 15,097 · 6.8 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 2.4% | 16% |
| Charly-sur-Marne 2,594 · 7.7 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 3.3% | 10% |
| La Ferté-sous-Jouarre 10,254 · 11 mi | 39 | 17% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Lizy-sur-Ourcq 3,627 · 11.3 mi | 37.6 | 17% | 2.1% | 16% |
| Jouarre 4,221 · 12.5 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 2% | 15% |
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 Bussiares
What is the population of Bussiares?
126 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (126).
How old are Bussiares’ residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bussiares?
5, with occasional dwellings: 8.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bussiares?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bussiares?
€24,800 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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