42% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 1.4% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. 903 residents in 340 households: that is Bouhet at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 13%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are scarce here: 17%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Bouhet
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 8.4% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 53% 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
A median age of 40.3: Bouhet is younger than 77% 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
■ Bouhet 40.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
In Bouhet, 24% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.5 people. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The share of single-parent households stands at 8.4%.
Bouhet ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1%
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
Turnover: 6.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 11% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 4.5%, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Bouhet sits close to the norm on second homes: 2.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €25,010 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,010 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 56% of compared French towns: 13%
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 are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (0.8%), Bouhet is below 97% of compared French towns. For comparison, 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 higher share of single residents than 83% of compared French towns, at 31%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Bouhet has 39%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 62% of compared French towns
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
The share of adults with no qualification is 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 903 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Bouhet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouhet | 40.3 | 13% | 2.7% | 1% |
| Aigrefeuille-d'Aunis 4,677 · 4.6 mi | 47.1 | 27% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 6.8 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| La Jarrie 3,458 · 7.2 mi | 46.4 | 22% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Liversay 3,063 · 7.3 mi | 42.2 | 20% | 5.9% | 1.7% |
| Sainte-Soulle 5,034 · 7.7 mi | 42 | 18% | 1.5% | 2.3% |
| Dompierre-sur-Mer 6,315 · 9.7 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.6% | 3.8% |
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 Bouhet
What is the population of Bouhet?
903 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (856).
How old are Bouhet’s residents?
The median age is 40.3, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouhet?
10, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouhet?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouhet?
€25,010 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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