A median age of 34.4: Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc is younger than 97% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes account for 2.6%. Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc’s 110 households held 309 residents at the 2023 Census. 7.7% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town.
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 Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc
A town of families
53% of households are couples with children and 8.1% single parents with children; 28% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc’s residents are under 34.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are under 15 and 4.8% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc had 262 residents at the 2012 census and 309 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc grew +18% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 87% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Eure town, the change came in two steps: +8% from 2012 to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
In Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc, 4.8% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc 34.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.6%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. On average, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
53% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% 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
15% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The share of single-parent households stands at 8.1%.
98% of homes are houses
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 without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 1.3% of homes are second homes.
The median resident lives on €28,680 a year per consumption unit
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 median standard of living in Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc is €28,680 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc: 22% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 91% 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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc: 0% of residents 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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 14%
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: 51%, above 95% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc sits below 98% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (8.3%)
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
Nearly a third of Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 8.3% have no diploma (19%).
The youngest of 41 French towns of 309 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.
The youngest is Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc (34.4), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc | 34.4 | 4.8% | 1.3% | 0% |
| Le Thuit de l'Oison 3,827 · 4.4 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 1% | 2.3% |
| Le Neubourg 4,199 · 4.6 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Bosroumois 3,872 · 5.6 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.9% |
| Grand Bourgtheroulde 3,995 · 6.2 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 1.3% | 1.9% |
| Brionne 4,185 · 7.3 mi | 45.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Elbeuf 15,474 · 7.5 mi | 37.1 | 17% | 1.3% | 14% |
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 Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc
What is the population of Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc?
309 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (262).
How old are Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc’s residents?
The median age is 34.4, younger than 97% of compared French towns. 33% are under 18 and 4.8% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Meslin-du-Bosc?
€28,680 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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