46% of homes are second homes, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 33%. Buxerolles had 34 residents in 17 households at the 2023 census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 15%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
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 Buxerolles
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 17 second homes and occasional dwellings in Buxerolles, 46% of its 37 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Buxerolles’ households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 44% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Growing fast
Buxerolles had 24 residents at the 2012 census and 34 in 2023, up 42%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Buxerolles’ residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Buxerolles ranks below 81% of compared French towns on households without a car: 5.9%
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
One household in 17 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Here, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
A +42% change since 2012: Buxerolles grew faster than 99% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +29%, then +10% to 2023. Over those years, the median Côte-d'Or town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Buxerolles is over 52.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Buxerolles 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 26% of residents are 65 or over in Buxerolles.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Buxerolles: 67% of households are one person living alone, above 99% 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
The typical household size is 2 people. Couples with children account for 33%. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
In Buxerolles, 33% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 55% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Buxerolles sits above 63% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (5.9%)
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.
The median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.9% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Buxerolles sits above 96% of compared French towns for single residents (39%)
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
Married residents: 35%, below 88% of compared French towns. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Buxerolles sits above 90% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (46%)
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
Adults with no qualification make up 25%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 34 to 2,582 people, the 8th 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 Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Buxerolles and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buxerolles | 52.5 | 26% | 46% | 5.9% |
| Châtillon-sur-Seine 5,443 · 17.2 mi | 48.2 | 30% | 1.9% | 12% |
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 Buxerolles
What is the population of Buxerolles?
34 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 42% more than in 2012 (24).
How old are Buxerolles’ residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buxerolles?
17, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buxerolles?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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