Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Bouillante is over 54.1
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households have no car here. In 2023, the Census found 6,127 residents in Bouillante, living in 2,890 households. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 4.8%. 6.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Guadeloupe 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 Bouillante
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 500 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bouillante, 12% of its 4,320 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bouillante had 7,481 residents at the 2012 census and 6,127 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bouillante’s residents are under 54.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 930 homes empty (21%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 99% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Without a car: one household in three, against 11% in the median compared French town. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten homes are second homes, or about one in eight. Few places have so few households in social housing: 5% here, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns.
Bouillante’s population moved −18% on 2012, less than in 99% 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 Guadeloupe town ±0%. The change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and −13% from 2017 to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 28% in Bouillante, more than in 80% 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
■ Bouillante 54.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.5%), Bouillante is below 72% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 86 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 18%
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 Guadeloupe median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. One-person households are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Bouillante.
Bouillante sits below 61% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (12%)
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
Put another way, about one in three: a third of households are headed by a retired person. The usual figure: 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).
Immigrants make up 2% in Bouillante, less than in 92% 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.
1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 47% of residents 15 and over are single
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, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Bouillante, 32%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Bouillante ranks above 94% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 31%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Bouillante comes in at 20%. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 6,072 to 6,184 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 Ostricourt (35.8), the oldest Le Barcarès (63.7).
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Bouillante
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouillante | 54.1 | 28% | 12% | 2% |
| Vieux-Habitants 7,077 · 5 mi | 52.5 | 27% | 3.4% | 3.7% |
| Pointe-Noire 5,762 · 7.1 mi | 55.7 | 31% | 20% | 0.9% |
| Baillif 5,096 · 7.8 mi | 51 | 29% | 8.1% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Claude 10,177 · 8.7 mi | 48 | 24% | 3.3% | 4.3% |
| Basse-Terre 9,417 · 9.7 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.2% | 8.2% |
| Gourbeyre 7,307 · 10.8 mi | 49.6 | 24% | 5.4% | 4% |
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 Bouillante
What is the population of Bouillante?
6,127 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (7,481).
How old are Bouillante’s residents?
The median age is 54.1, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouillante?
500, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouillante?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.