A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
The share of households headed by a retired person is 45%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census La Bouillie was home to 824 people in 390 households. Locally, 3.1% of households have no car. Lower than in 92% of compared French towns: 3.6% of households rent social housing (HLM).
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 La Bouillie
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 69 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Bouillie, 14% of its 490 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of La Bouillie’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% of homes in La Bouillie are second homes
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 24%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 6.6%.
From 2012 to 2023, 83% of compared French towns grew faster than La Bouillie: −3%
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
The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and −4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
Older than 88% of compared French towns: half of La Bouillie is over 51.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Bouillie 51.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in La Bouillie, 28%. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
6.5% of households are single parents, below 93% 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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of households are couples with children in La Bouillie. Average household size: 2.1 people. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,880 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €25,880 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 93% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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 manual worker tops just over three fifths of compared French towns: 16%. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 95% of compared French towns, at 1.7%
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.
1.2% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 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 larger share of married residents than 92% of compared French towns: 50%
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 20% in La Bouillie. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns: 21%
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
In La Bouillie, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 824 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 La Bouillie
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bouillie | 51.6 | 28% | 14% | 1.7% |
| Erquy 3,974 · 3.6 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 57% | 2.3% |
| Pléneuf-Val-André 3,988 · 4.8 mi | 64.4 | 48% | 55% | 2.4% |
| Lamballe-Armor 17,241 · 7.8 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 6.7% | 5.4% |
| Val-d'Arguenon 2,844 · 8.4 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 10% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Cast-le-Guildo 3,371 · 9 mi | 64.9 | 50% | 66% | 2.8% |
| Plancoët 3,104 · 10.5 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 6.8% | 2.3% |
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 La Bouillie
What is the population of La Bouillie?
824 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (853).
How old are La Bouillie’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Bouillie?
69, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Bouillie?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Bouillie?
€25,880 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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