Half of Boucieu-le-Roi is over 60.3, older than 98% of compared French towns
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 6% in Boucieu-le-Roi. The town’s 130 households held 243 residents at the 2023 Census. In Boucieu-le-Roi, 4.4% of homes are flats. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% 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 Boucieu-le-Roi
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 76 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boucieu-le-Roi, 34% of its 220 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Boucieu-le-Roi’s residents are under 60.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boucieu-le-Roi had 286 residents at the 2012 census and 243 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 34% of homes are second homes
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
5.7% of households moved in less than two years ago; 36% have been in their home 30 years or more. Second homes: 2.1% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. On households without a car, Boucieu-le-Roi sits lower than 69% of compared French towns: 7.6%.
Boucieu-le-Roi’s population moved −15% on 2012, less than in 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −6%, and from 2017 to 2023 −10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.8% in Boucieu-le-Roi, less than in 98% 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
■ Boucieu-le-Roi 60.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 34% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 15% in Boucieu-le-Roi, less than in 89% 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
The figure for single-parent households is 8.3% in Boucieu-le-Roi and 10% in the typical compared French town. Typically, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The share of one-person households stands at 39%.
€24,810 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.
At €24,810 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 59%
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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals here. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 88% of compared French towns: 49% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Boucieu-le-Roi comes in at 22%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 80% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 20% in Boucieu-le-Roi, about two in ten. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (243 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Boucieu-le-Roi
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boucieu-le-Roi | 60.3 | 34% | 34% | 3.8% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 7.6 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 8.2 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 8.4 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 9.2 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 9.7 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Mercurol-Veaunes 2,816 · 10.5 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 4.5% | 2.2% |
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 Boucieu-le-Roi
What is the population of Boucieu-le-Roi?
243 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (286).
How old are Boucieu-le-Roi’s residents?
The median age is 60.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 8.2% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boucieu-le-Roi?
76, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boucieu-le-Roi?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boucieu-le-Roi?
€24,810 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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