Flats make up 1.3% in Berry-Bouy, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Households without a car: 2.8% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. A quarter of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Berry-Bouy was home to 1,168 people in 500 households. For Berry-Bouy, the census puts empty homes at 4.3%.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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.
−2% since 2012: slower than 79% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −1%, and from 2017 to 2023 −2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Cher town −4%.
Older than 64% of compared French towns: half of Berry-Bouy is over 46.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Berry-Bouy 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 24% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Above 56% of compared French towns: 26% 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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.3 people on average. One in ten households are single parents, a higher share than in 50% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
6.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 80% 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
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.4% of homes are second homes in Berry-Bouy. To put it in context, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 5.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 30% have lived in their home 30 years or more.
A typical living standard of €28,980 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 €28,980 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 72% of compared French towns: 37%
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
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 11% in Berry-Bouy. As a yardstick, 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).
Berry-Bouy ranks below 85% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.7%
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 Berry-Bouy, 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
52% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 96% of compared French towns
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, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single; in Berry-Bouy, 20%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 13% of adults out of school have no qualification in Berry-Bouy
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
34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,168 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Berry-Bouy 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berry-Bouy | 46.2 | 24% | 3.4% | 2.7% |
| Mehun-sur-Yèvre 6,380 · 3.7 mi | 50.7 | 29% | 2.1% | 7.4% |
| Saint-Doulchard 9,647 · 3.7 mi | 51.4 | 29% | 0.8% | 7% |
| La Chapelle-Saint-Ursin 3,681 · 4 mi | 47.2 | 24% | 0.6% | 4.3% |
| Bourges 64,186 · 5.7 mi | 42.4 | 23% | 3.2% | 11% |
| Trouy 4,055 · 6.9 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 1% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Auxigny 2,546 · 7.8 mi | 41 | 18% | 2.4% | 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 Berry-Bouy
What is the population of Berry-Bouy?
1,168 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (1,195).
How old are Berry-Bouy’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 64% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berry-Bouy?
18, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berry-Bouy?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berry-Bouy?
€28,980 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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