Boisney sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.7%)
27% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Boisney had 293 residents in 130 households at the 2023 census. For Boisney, the census puts households without a car at 2.3%. Lower than in 94% of compared French towns: 7.8% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Boisney
An older town
Half of Boisney’s residents are under 52.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 64% of compared French towns grew faster than Boisney: +1%
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 −2% to 2017, then +4% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Eure.
Boisney is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boisney 52.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 28% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
7.7% of households are single parents, fewer than in 83% 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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 27%, more than in 59% of compared French towns. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Boisney sits above 78% of compared French towns for second homes (5.4%)
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 3.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 32% have stayed 30 years or more. On empty homes, 6.1% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €25,770 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 €25,770 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns, at 3.8%
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 trails 89% of compared French towns: 23%. By contrast, households headed by a manual worker are more common here than in 92% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 9.4% of 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 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
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.
With foreign nationals at 0.7%, Boisney is behind 98% of compared French towns on that count. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Boisney sits above 99% of compared French towns for married residents (55%)
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 the typical compared French town, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Boisney, 19%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns: 19%
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 adults with no qualification at 28%, Boisney is ahead of 86% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 293 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Boisney
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boisney | 52.8 | 28% | 5.4% | 1% |
| Brionne 4,185 · 4 mi | 45.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 5.1 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
| Beaumont-le-Roger 2,769 · 7.6 mi | 48 | 26% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Le Neubourg 4,199 · 11.4 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 11.4 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
| Grand Bourgtheroulde 3,995 · 14.2 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 1.3% | 1.9% |
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 Boisney
What is the population of Boisney?
293 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (289).
How old are Boisney’s residents?
The median age is 52.8, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boisney?
8, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boisney?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boisney?
€25,770 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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