Half of Boussenac is over 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 246 residents in 140 households. Census figures put empty homes at 1% in Boussenac. Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 1.4% of homes are flats here.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Boussenac
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 350 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boussenac, 71% of its 490 homes: higher than in 99% 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 Boussenac’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Boussenac had 190 residents at the 2012 census and 246 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Boussenac’s households are one person: higher than in 93% of compared French towns; 44% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Boussenac: 71% of homes are second homes, above 99% 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
Households without a car: 7.2%, below 71% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 17% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 13% (under two years).
A +29% change since 2012: faster than 96% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Ariège town +2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +13%; 2017 to 2023, +15%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.8% in Boussenac, less than in 99% 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
■ Boussenac 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Boussenac comes in at 37%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 93% of compared French towns, at 50%
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
18% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.8 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€17,960 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Half of residents live in households above €17,960 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
In Boussenac, 21% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 90% 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
In Boussenac, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person account for 25%. The usual figure: 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 67% of compared French towns, at 6.6%
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 Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 56% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 14: that is how common immigrants are in Boussenac (7.4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Boussenac ranks below 93% of compared French towns on married residents: 34%
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
Single residents make up 31%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Boussenac sits below 98% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (8.3%)
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
Graduates of higher education: 45% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 246 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Boussenac is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boussenac | 58.5 | 37% | 71% | 7.4% |
| Tarascon-sur-Ariège 3,085 · 12.4 mi | 51.4 | 32% | 8% | 18% |
| Saint-Girons 6,008 · 12.6 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 6.7% | 9.1% |
| Foix 9,934 · 12.7 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 7.6% | 15% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 16.5 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 17.9 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
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 Boussenac
What is the population of Boussenac?
246 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (190).
How old are Boussenac’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boussenac?
350, with occasional dwellings: 71% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boussenac?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (6.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boussenac?
€17,960 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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