Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.1% of households have no car
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in Boulon, 5.5%. Census day 2023: 844 residents and 330 households in the town. The census found that 2.9% of homes are flats here. At 5.6%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 Boulon
Growing fast
Boulon had 623 residents at the 2012 census and 844 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 8.7% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Boulon’s residents are under 38.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 16% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 98% of compared French towns: Boulon changed by +35% since 2012
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 change was +9%; from 2017 to 2023, +24%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Calvados town +1%.
A median age of 38.3: Boulon is younger than 87% 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
■ Boulon 38.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Boulon has 16%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 35%
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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for single-parent households is 8.7% in Boulon and 10% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.5 people each.
97% of homes are houses
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 8.5% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.9%.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €28,130 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.
Living standards centre on €28,130 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Boulon ranks below 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 25%
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
16% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Households headed by a manual worker account for 14%. To put it in context, nearly a third 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).
1.4% of residents are immigrants, below 97% 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: 0.2%, below 99% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns.
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
The share of married residents is 40%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (844 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
Boulon and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulon | 38.3 | 16% | 1.9% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Martin-de-May 4,529 · 4.2 mi | 43.9 | 21% | 0.3% | 2.8% |
| Thury-Harcourt-le-Hom 3,600 · 5.9 mi | 42.2 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.5% |
| Bourguébus 2,613 · 6.6 mi | 34.6 | 9.8% | 0.2% | 2.3% |
| Fleury-sur-Orne 5,941 · 7.1 mi | 36.3 | 17% | 1.2% | 7.6% |
| Ifs 11,937 · 7.1 mi | 39.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 6.6% |
| Fontaine-Étoupefour 2,810 · 7.2 mi | 41.3 | 16% | 1.2% | 2.1% |
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 Boulon
What is the population of Boulon?
844 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (623).
How old are Boulon’s residents?
The median age is 38.3, younger than 87% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boulon?
7, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boulon?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boulon?
€28,130 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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