A lower share of households without a car than 87% of compared French towns, at 5.1%
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Buchères, 11%. The 2023 Census counted 2,055 residents in 900 households. Residents aged 15 to 24: nearly a tenth of the total. One-person households are rarer here than in 77% of compared French towns.
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 Buchères
Growing fast
Buchères had 1,435 residents at the 2012 census and 2,055 in 2023, up 43%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +43% change since 2012: Buchères grew faster than 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Aube town +2%. The change was +18% from 2012 to 2017 and +22% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 52% of compared French towns: half of Buchères is over 44.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Buchères 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in five here (22%).
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aube 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Above 59% of compared French towns: 27% of households are couples with children
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Buchères sits higher than nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 11%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 4.1% of homes stand empty
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
The figure for second homes is 1% in Buchères and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. At 15%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in 63% of compared French towns. For empty homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Households that moved in under two years ago: 18%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 25%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,080 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.
At €26,080 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 51% of compared French towns. 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Households headed by a retired person: 35%, a higher share than 65% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 11%, above 61% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Buchères, 4.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 71% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 2.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A lower share of single residents than 87% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 67% of compared French towns: 26%
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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Buchères has 21%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,055 to 2,582 people, the 16th youngest
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 Buchères: 2 of the 6 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buchères | 44.4 | 22% | 1% | 4.2% |
| Bréviandes 3,219 · 1.5 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 0.7% | 9.6% |
| Rosières-près-Troyes 4,840 · 2.5 mi | 32.7 | 15% | 3% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Villas 6,760 · 2.6 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 1.3% | 8.6% |
| Saint-André-les-Vergers 12,806 · 3.8 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.2% | 12% |
| Saint-Parres-aux-Tertres 3,223 · 4.1 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 1.7% | 9.1% |
| Troyes 62,088 · 4.3 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 6.2% | 16% |
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 Buchères
What is the population of Buchères?
2,055 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 43% more than in 2012 (1,435).
How old are Buchères’ residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buchères?
10, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buchères?
INSEE counts 87 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 60 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Buchères?
€26,080 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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