Bozas sits below 99% of compared French towns for households without a car (2.6%)
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Bozas, 3.5%. On residents aged 65 and over, Bozas sits higher than 84% of compared French towns: 29%. The 2023 Census counted 255 residents in 130 households. Census figures put households in social housing at 0.8% locally.
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 Bozas
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bozas, 23% of its 200 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% 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 25 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 23% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 4.2% of homes are flats in Bozas. More empty homes than in 90% of compared French towns: 13%. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Bozas changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 58% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Ardèche town +4%.
Older than 81% of compared French towns: half of Bozas is over 49.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bozas 49.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 91% of compared French towns: 8.2%.
Women and men · all residents
44% women, 56% men
About 79 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 66% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Bozas comes in at 12%. One-person households come to 38% locally, about four in ten. As a yardstick, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €26,520 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 midpoint of living standards here is €26,520 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 94% of compared French towns: 46%
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: 24% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.3% of residents are immigrants, below 70% 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.
The median compared commune in Ardèche has 9.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 70% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Bozas, 3.8% 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.
A larger share of single residents than 78% of compared French towns: 30%
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
Nearly two in five residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Bozas, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 70% 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 graduates of higher education is 30%; Bozas has 27%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 255 to 2,582 people
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.
Around Bozas, 1 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bozas | 49.5 | 29% | 23% | 4.3% |
| Tournon-sur-Rhône 11,279 · 8.9 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Tain-l'Hermitage 5,915 · 9.5 mi | 44 | 23% | 3.9% | 6.8% |
| La Roche-de-Glun 3,569 · 10.2 mi | 45.2 | 24% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 11.2 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 11.5 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 11.7 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
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 Bozas
What is the population of Bozas?
255 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (248).
How old are Bozas’ residents?
The median age is 49.5, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bozas?
46, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bozas?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bozas?
€26,520 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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