Second homes: 21%, a higher share than 93% of compared French towns
8.9% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Boffres had 633 residents in 300 households at the 2023 census. Put another way, about one in 13: 8% of residents are 15 to 24. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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 Boffres
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 97 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boffres, 21% of its 460 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 65 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.
Empty homes make up 14% in Boffres, 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
Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Across Boffres, 6.1% of households rent social housing (HLM). At 5.7%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Boffres has changed by ±0%, slower than 72% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +4% in Ardèche.
A median age of 48.2: Boffres is older than 75% 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
■ Boffres 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are couples with children, below 70% 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. 8.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. One-person households: 36%, above 53% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,010 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 Boffres is €24,010 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 62% 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
Here 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Boffres
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.
Here 2.7% of residents are immigrants, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Boffres ranks below 80% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Boffres ranks above 61% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 33%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Boffres comes in at 17%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 633 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Boffres
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boffres | 48.2 | 25% | 21% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 7 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Charmes-sur-Rhône 3,143 · 7.7 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Guilherand-Granges 11,235 · 8.5 mi | 49 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.3% |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 4,854 · 8.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 1.7% | 10% |
| Portes-lès-Valence 10,477 · 9.4 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 9.8% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 9.9 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
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 Boffres
What is the population of Boffres?
633 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (636).
How old are Boffres’ residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boffres?
97, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boffres?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boffres?
€24,010 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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