A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in Boult, 4.1%. Lower than in 76% of compared French towns: 16% of homes are flats. Census day 2023: 703 residents and 290 households here. One-person households: 31% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Saône 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 Boult
Growing fast
Boult had 559 residents at the 2012 census and 703 in 2023, up 26%: faster growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 15% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Boult’s residents are under 38.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +26% since 2012, faster than 95% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +11%, then +13% to 2023. Over those years, the median Haute-Saône town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 13% in Boult, less than in 95% 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
■ Boult 38.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Boult is 38.1, lower than in 88% of compared French towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%. As a reference point, 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: Haute-Saône 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Boult, 34% of households are couples with children, more than in 91% 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 Haute-Saône median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Single-parent households are more common here than in 95% of compared French towns. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
1.1% of homes are second homes, below 76% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.2% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Lower than in 53% of compared French towns: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM). Empty homes: 6.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,470 a year
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 €26,470 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Above 83% of compared French towns: 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 18%, Boult is ahead of 75% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.7% of residents are foreign nationals, below 98% 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 figure for immigrants is 2.2% in Boult and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Saône has 8.7%. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 37%, a lower share than 83% 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
Single residents: 29%, above nearly three quarters of compared French towns. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
10% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 95% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 40% in Boult. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 703 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Around Boult, 5 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boult | 38.1 | 13% | 1.1% | 2.2% |
| Les Auxons 2,533 · 5.9 mi | 46.1 | 22% | 0.7% | 3.7% |
| Miserey-Salines 2,661 · 6.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 0.9% | 4.6% |
| École-Valentin 2,579 · 7.5 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 1.6% | 6.1% |
| Thise 2,994 · 7.7 mi | 53.1 | 34% | 0.8% | 3.6% |
| Besançon 118,489 · 9.6 mi | 35.6 | 19% | 2.5% | 15% |
| Saône 3,195 · 12.3 mi | 46.1 | 24% | 0.7% | 3.3% |
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 Boult
What is the population of Boult?
703 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 26% more than in 2012 (559).
How old are Boult’s residents?
The median age is 38.1, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boult?
4, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boult?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boult?
€26,470 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).
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.