34% of homes are second homes, a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Bouyon’s population at 557, in 260 households. Empty homes: 2.4% of the total. Residents aged 65 and over: 16%, below 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Alpes-Maritimes 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 Bouyon
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bouyon, 34% of its 400 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 83% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer flats than 81% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up just over one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 11%. Households without a car account for 9.4%.
A growing town: +15% since 2012, faster than 82% 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
Here the change came as +11% to 2017, then +4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +6% in Alpes-Maritimes.
10% of residents are 15 to 24, below 63% 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
■ Bouyon 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.5, Bouyon is older than 53% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Alpes-Maritimes 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of single-parent households than 82% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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 Alpes-Maritimes median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Bouyon has 28%. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.2 people share a household.
A median standard of living of €26,470 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 Bouyon is €26,470 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Bouyon sits below 94% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (3.8%)
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 manual worker: 19%, above 81% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Roughly three in ten: 29% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4% of residents are immigrants, below 73% 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.
2.8% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Bouyon
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
Here, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 11% of adults out of school have no qualification in Bouyon
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 Bouyon, 27%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (557 to 2,582 people), the 17th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Bouyon sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouyon | 44.5 | 16% | 34% | 4% |
| Saint-Martin-du-Var 3,431 · 3.8 mi | 39.4 | 20% | 0.8% | 6.9% |
| Carros 13,803 · 4.8 mi | 40.1 | 17% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Gattières 4,358 · 5.2 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 6.8% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Jeannet 4,453 · 5.6 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 9.7% | 6.3% |
| Levens 5,377 · 5.9 mi | 44.5 | 20% | 7.2% | 4.6% |
| Colomars 3,409 · 6.8 mi | 49.6 | 27% | 3.2% | 5.3% |
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 Bouyon
What is the population of Bouyon?
557 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (484).
How old are Bouyon’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouyon?
140, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouyon?
INSEE counts 23 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouyon?
€26,470 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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