A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.9%
The share of one-person households is 22%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%. Bobital counted 1,170 residents and 490 households at the 2023 Census. In Bobital, 1.9% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Bobital
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 4.2% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Bobital has grown +10%, faster than 71% 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, +4% to 2017 and +6% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Côtes-d'Armor.
Bobital is older than 70% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bobital 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Bobital has more residents aged 65 and over than half of compared French towns, at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Bobital ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 4.2%
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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. Measured more widely, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. A third of households are couples with children, more than in 88% of compared French towns.
Bobital ranks below 88% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 4.7%
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
7.7% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. For Bobital, the census puts second homes at 5.3%.
Standard of living at the median: €27,050 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.
At €27,050 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 38% in Bobital, more than in 78% 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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 8.4%. At 15%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% of residents are immigrants
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 Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 77. 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.
In Bobital, 17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
53% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 75% 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
Graduates of higher education account for 29%. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,170 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Bobital
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bobital
What is the population of Bobital?
1,170 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,060).
How old are Bobital’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bobital?
30, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bobital?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bobital?
€27,050 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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