A town of second homes: 9.4% of its homes
Half of Bozouls’s residents are over 48.4, older than in 76% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 3,001 people lived locally, in 1,380 households. Single-parent households: 6.9% of the total. Households without a car: 6%, below four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Bozouls outgrew 68% of compared French towns: +9%
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 +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aveyron town +1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.1%, a lower share than 92% 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
■ Bozouls 48.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
26% of households are couples with children, more than in 52% 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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. For Bozouls, the census puts one-person households at 35%.
Households in social housing: 5.8%, a lower share than 82% 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
The figure for flats is 20% in Bozouls and 30% in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 66% of compared French towns: 8.2% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The median resident lives on €26,630 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,630 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 57% of compared French towns. Some 9.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 61% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 account for 8.3%. Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are headed by a retired person in Bozouls.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.7% of residents are immigrants in Bozouls
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Bozouls comes in at 1.6%. That is lower than in 85% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 89% of compared French towns: 20%
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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Bozouls, 45%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Bozouls ranks below 63% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 17%
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
Put another way, about one in three: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,967 to 3,037 people, the 15th 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 Gorcy (40.5), the youngest, and Agon-Coutainville (63.8), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Bozouls
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bozouls | 48.4 | 25% | 9.4% | 2.7% |
| Espalion 4,605 · 4.3 mi | 53.1 | 35% | 20% | 7.2% |
| Sébazac-Concourès 3,234 · 7.2 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 3.4% | 3.6% |
| Onet-le-Château 12,080 · 9.6 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 2.9% | 14% |
| Rodez 23,981 · 10.7 mi | 41.7 | 24% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Olemps 3,559 · 12.2 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 2% | 3.6% |
| Druelle Balsac 3,187 · 13.3 mi | 43.4 | 18% | 4% | 3.5% |
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 Bozouls
What is the population of Bozouls?
3,001 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (2,742).
How old are Bozouls’ residents?
The median age is 48.4, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bozouls?
160, with occasional dwellings: 9.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bozouls?
INSEE counts 80 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 48 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bozouls?
€26,630 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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