Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 2.2%
The share of households in social housing trails 92% of compared French towns: 3.5%. Flats are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 507 people lived in Boucé, in 220 households. Second homes: 7% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Boucé
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 2.2% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boucé had 535 residents at the 2012 census and 507 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 39 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −5% since 2012 leaves Boucé behind 89% 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
In Boucé, 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 89% 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
■ Boucé 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Boucé is 43.1, lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Boucé, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 19%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 34%
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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 2.2%, below 99% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 31%, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.3 people on average.
Empty homes: 14%, a higher share than 93% 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 no car in the typical compared French town, against 4.5% in Boucé. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Of all households, 9.8% moved in during the last two years and 20% have stayed three decades or more.
€24,080 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,080 a year: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 17% 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 31% in Boucé and 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of 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).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 86% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Boucé, 1.4%. Measured more widely, 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.
Fewer married residents than 86% of compared French towns: 36%
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: 23% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
14% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Boucé has 26%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 507 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th 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.
No nearby town is as young as Boucé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boucé | 43.1 | 19% | 7% | 2.6% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 4.5 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Lapalisse 3,138 · 7.8 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 3% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Germain-des-Fossés 3,579 · 8.4 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 3% | 4.3% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 9.8 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 11.4 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 12.7 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
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 Boucé
What is the population of Boucé?
507 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (535).
How old are Boucé’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boucé?
20, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boucé?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boucé?
€24,080 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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