More couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
By its share of households without a car (2.3%), Bouville is below 99% of compared French towns. The town had 669 residents in 280 households at the 2023 census. Flats: 1.8% of the total. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns.
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 Bouville
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 5.1% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+6% since 2012, a pace 55% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Essonne town +6%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +3%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Only 20% of residents are 65 or over in Bouville
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouville 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.3, Bouville is older than 52% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Bouville ranks below 97% of compared French towns on one-person households: 23%
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
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Bouville has 5.1%. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Bouville sits above 80% of compared French towns for second homes (5.8%)
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 7.1% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, the figure for empty homes is 7.8% in Bouville and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €32,810 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.
At €32,810 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 93% of compared French towns.
5.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Bouville, 30%. Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Bouville, 3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 81% of compared French towns: 1.9%. The usual figure: 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.
Single residents make up 20% in Bouville, less than in 92% 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
Married residents: 49% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Bouville, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 82% 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
35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 669 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Bouville is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouville | 44.3 | 20% | 5.8% | 3.2% |
| Morigny-Champigny 4,412 · 4.1 mi | 47 | 24% | 1% | 6.2% |
| Cerny 3,531 · 4.1 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 3.4% | 7.1% |
| Boutigny-sur-Essonne 3,146 · 4.8 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 3.4% | 7.4% |
| La Ferté-Alais 3,731 · 5.1 mi | 43 | 19% | 1.6% | 9.6% |
| Étampes 26,857 · 5.5 mi | 36 | 14% | 0.7% | 22% |
| Maisse 2,797 · 5.7 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 3.8% | 6.7% |
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 Bouville
What is the population of Bouville?
669 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (632).
How old are Bouville’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouville?
19, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouville?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouville?
€32,810 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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