A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.3%
By its share of households in social housing (2.6%), Busset is below 95% of compared French towns. There were 400 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 850 residents. In Busset, 3.8% of households have no car. The median age locally is 48.5, higher than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
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 Busset
Empty homes
The census found 74 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 ±0% since 2012 leaves Busset behind 71% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Allier town −1%. The first five years brought +7%; the six to 2023, −7%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 72% of compared French towns: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Busset 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 9% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
8.1% of households are single parents, fewer than in 79% 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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns. One-person households: 34%, below 54% of compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 14% in Busset, more than in 94% 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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten homes are second homes here. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,700 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,700 a year: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Busset sits above 79% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (19%)
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, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Busset has 14%. For Busset, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.2% of residents are immigrants in Busset
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.
The median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 76% of compared French towns: 22% of residents 15 and over are single
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
In Busset, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Busset, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (28%), Busset is below 55% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 850 to 2,582 people, the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Busset are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Busset | 48.5 | 26% | 8.8% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Yorre 2,641 · 2.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 3.9 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 5.8 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 6.1 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 6.4 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Puy-Guillaume 2,630 · 7 mi | 50.3 | 29% | 2.7% | 4% |
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 Busset
What is the population of Busset?
850 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (853).
How old are Busset’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 76% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Busset?
46, with occasional dwellings: 8.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Busset?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Busset?
€25,700 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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