More couples with children than 98% of compared French towns: 39%
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Boulin is home to 311 residents in 130 households, by the 2023 Census. 3.8% of homes stand empty. With flats at 4.6%, Boulin is behind 96% of compared French towns on that count.
Throughout this page, the Hautes-Pyrénées 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 Boulin
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 4% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +16% change since 2012: Boulin grew faster than 83% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Hautes-Pyrénées town ±0%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +7%; from 2017 to 2023, +8%.
Boulin is older than 83% of compared French towns: a median age of 50
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boulin 50. The median compared French town: 44.
8.6% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 26% here, more than in 71% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 95% of compared French towns, at 24%
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 Hautes-Pyrénées median and the France median
Living alone · share
4% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. Households average 2.4 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
In Boulin, 4% of households have no car, fewer than in 94% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
€30,570 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Half of residents live in households above €30,570 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Only 4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Boulin
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 tops 84% of compared French towns: 40%. By way of comparison, nearly one in ten 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).
Only 1% of residents are foreign nationals in Boulin
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Hautes-Pyrénées has 7.4%. The census found that 5% of residents are immigrants in Boulin. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
More married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 57%
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, the share of single residents is 25%; Boulin has 15%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 9.7% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Boulin, 40%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 311 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th oldest
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.
Boulin 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boulin | 50 | 26% | 0% | 5% |
| Aureilhan 8,031 · 2.2 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 1.2% | 7.5% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 2.4 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Soues 2,988 · 3.7 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Tarbes 44,399 · 3.8 mi | 39.9 | 23% | 2.2% | 12% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 3.8 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
| Bordères-sur-l'Échez 5,399 · 4.7 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 0.8% | 6% |
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 Boulin
What is the population of Boulin?
311 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (269).
How old are Boulin’s residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boulin?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boulin?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boulin?
€30,570 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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