Boissy-la-Rivière sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.2%)
19% of households are one person living alone (typical compared French town: 35%). Boissy-la-Rivière’s 220 households held 550 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, nearly a quarter of households are headed by a manager or professional. Fewer households without a car than in 96% of compared French towns: 3.7%.
Throughout this page, the Essonne 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 Boissy-la-Rivière
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 27 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boissy-la-Rivière, 10% of its 260 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Boissy-la-Rivière, 10% of homes are second homes, more than in 88% 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
Some 6.9% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 21% who have been there 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 5.8% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Boissy-la-Rivière changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 82% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Essonne town +6%.
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 79% of compared French towns, at 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boissy-la-Rivière 46. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Boissy-la-Rivière, 12%. What’s more, half of the town’s residents are over 46, older than in 63% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 7% in Boissy-la-Rivière, less than in 90% 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 Essonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Boissy-la-Rivière, 30% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.5 people share a household.
€33,210 a year: the median 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €33,210 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 94% of compared French towns.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 7% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 retired person is 28%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.5% of residents in Boissy-la-Rivière 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 50% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Essonne has 13%. For Boissy-la-Rivière, the census puts foreign nationals at 3.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 95% of compared French towns: 51%
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
With single residents at 21%, Boissy-la-Rivière is behind 86% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 90% of compared French towns: 12%
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
With graduates of higher education at 43%, Boissy-la-Rivière is ahead of 85% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 19th oldest of 41 French towns of 550 to 2,582 people
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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Boissy-la-Rivière, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boissy-la-Rivière | 46 | 18% | 10% | 6.5% |
| Étampes 26,857 · 4 mi | 36 | 14% | 0.7% | 22% |
| Morigny-Champigny 4,412 · 5 mi | 47 | 24% | 1% | 6.2% |
| Le Mérévillois 3,477 · 5.3 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 7.4% | 7.6% |
| Étréchy 6,986 · 8 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 1.6% | 8.5% |
| Angerville 4,428 · 8.5 mi | 38.7 | 15% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Cerny 3,531 · 10.7 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 3.4% | 7.1% |
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 Boissy-la-Rivière
What is the population of Boissy-la-Rivière?
550 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (568).
How old are Boissy-la-Rivière’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boissy-la-Rivière?
27, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boissy-la-Rivière?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boissy-la-Rivière?
€33,210 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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