Below 99% of compared French towns: 1% of homes are flats
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Buncey, 7.5%. The town is home to 357 residents in 170 households, by the 2023 Census. 6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in 16. Few places have so few one-person households: 31% here, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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 Buncey
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Buncey, 17% of its 200 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Buncey had 386 residents at the 2012 census and 357 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Buncey’s residents are under 50.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Buncey, 1% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 99% 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
34% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.6% moved in within the last two years. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Few places have as many second homes: 17% here, more than in 92% of compared French towns. Households without a car: 7.3% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −8% since 2012, behind 94% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and −6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −2% in Côte-d'Or.
A median age of 50.9: Buncey is older than 86% 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
■ Buncey 50.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops four fifths of compared French towns: 28%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
12% of households are single parents, more than in 78% 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%. 24% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
Half above, half below €24,210 a year in standard of living
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.
Half of residents live in households above €24,210 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
In Buncey, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 76% 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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Buncey comes in at 37%. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Buncey sits below 92% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (1.1%)
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Buncey, 2.8%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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 smaller share of single residents than 93% 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
Half of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 96% 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Buncey has 29%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
A younger town than 1 of the 2 around it: Buncey
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buncey | 50.9 | 28% | 17% | 2.8% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 2.4 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Montbard 4,639 · 17.1 mi | 52.9 | 33% | 3.8% | 7.3% |
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 Buncey
What is the population of Buncey?
357 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (386).
How old are Buncey’s residents?
The median age is 50.9, older than 86% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buncey?
34, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buncey?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Buncey?
€24,210 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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