Boussac is older than 98% of compared French towns: a median age of 60.1
In Boussac, nearly one in ten households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The town had 1,236 residents in 700 households at the 2023 census. Locally, 3.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. 6.3% of homes are second homes, more than in 81% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Boussac
An older town
Half of Boussac’s residents are under 60.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 18% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
55% of Boussac’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 39% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 190 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boussac had 1,300 residents at the 2012 census and 1,236 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Boussac has changed by −5%, slower than 88% 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
Here the change came as −3% to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 43%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boussac 60.1. The median compared French town: 44.
7.3% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
56% women, 44% men
About 80 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns: 55%
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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 1.7 people. Boussac has more single-parent households than just over three fifths of compared French towns, at 11%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
Empty homes: 20%, a higher share than 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. Higher than in 83% of compared French towns: 22% of households rent social housing (HLM). By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 24%, above 90% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €21,070 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.
Half of residents live in households above €21,070 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 47% in Boussac, more than in 95% 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
23% of households are headed by a manual worker (typical compared French town: 14%). Against that, 32% 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).
3.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 75% of compared French towns
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 3.2% in Boussac. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Fewer married residents than 92% of compared French towns: 34%
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 Boussac, just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns, at 14%
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 the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Boussac, 27%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,236 to 2,582 people: this is the 4th 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.
Boussac is older than every town around it
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 Boussac
What is the population of Boussac?
1,236 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (1,300).
How old are Boussac’s residents?
The median age is 60.1, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boussac?
60, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boussac?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.8% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boussac?
€21,070 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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