Only 2.2% of homes are flats in Boulages
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 28% of residents are 65 or over. At the 2023 Census, 224 people lived in Boulages, in 110 households. Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Boulages comes in at 9.3%.
Throughout this page, the Aube 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 Boulages
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boulages had 251 residents at the 2012 census and 224 in 2023, down 11%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−11% since 2012: slower than 98% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aube town +2%. The first five years brought −12%; the six to 2023, +1%.
Boulages is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 49.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boulages 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Boulages has 8.5%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
18% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 83% 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 Aube median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2 people each. Higher than in three quarters of compared French towns: 42% of households are one person living alone. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Boulages, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 89% 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 13, where the median compared French town has 11%. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.4% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
€25,040 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.
The median standard of living in Boulages is €25,040 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Boulages ranks below 90% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 23%
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 72% of compared French towns: 14%. On households headed by a manual worker, Boulages sits higher than 91% of compared French towns: 23%. To put it in context, 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).
Only 3.5% of residents are immigrants in Boulages
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Boulages, 2.6%. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aube has 9.2%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 23% of residents 15 and over are single
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
With married residents at 45%, Boulages is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 31%
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
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Older than Boulages: 1 of the 5 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulages | 49.8 | 28% | 9.3% | 3.5% |
| Romilly-sur-Seine 14,959 · 9.8 mi | 42.8 | 23% | 2.7% | 17% |
| Arcis-sur-Aube 2,785 · 10.8 mi | 46 | 28% | 2.2% | 5.5% |
| Sézanne 4,576 · 13.1 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 3% | 8.3% |
| Saint-Lyé 2,956 · 15.9 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.1% | 5% |
| Villenauxe-la-Grande 2,605 · 16.5 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 3.5% | 9.4% |
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 Boulages
What is the population of Boulages?
224 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% fewer than in 2012 (251).
How old are Boulages’ residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boulages?
13, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boulages?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boulages?
€25,040 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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