Boisseron sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.2%)
Here 4.2% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. At the 2023 Census, 2,185 people lived in Boisseron, in 850 households. Nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone, or about one in four. This Hérault town has more households headed by a manager or professional than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 16%.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Boisseron
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +16% change since 2012: Boisseron 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +13% for the median Hérault town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then +10% to 2023.
Younger than 69% of compared French towns: half of Boisseron is under 41.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boisseron 41.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 21%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 9.1% here, fewer than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 36% in Boisseron, more than in 94% 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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Boisseron has 12%. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Households here average 2.5 people each.
A lower share of flats than 83% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
The figure for second homes is 3.1% in Boisseron and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. 7.3% of homes stand empty, more than in 57% of compared French towns. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €28,200 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,200 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 10.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Only 8% of households are headed by a manual worker in Boisseron
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
27% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. On average, 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).
In Boisseron, 2.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 83% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 1.6% in Boisseron. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Boisseron ranks below 86% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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: 47% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Adults with no qualification make up 14%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Boisseron sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boisseron | 41.5 | 21% | 3.1% | 2.8% |
| Sommières 5,073 · 1.8 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 4.8% | 9.7% |
| Restinclières 2,612 · 3.3 mi | 38 | 13% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Aubais 2,925 · 3.5 mi | 48.1 | 24% | 8.9% | 3.1% |
| Sussargues 2,840 · 5 mi | 46.7 | 23% | 3.8% | 3.9% |
| Aigues-Vives 3,331 · 5 mi | 43.7 | 21% | 5.5% | 4% |
| Gallargues-le-Montueux 3,659 · 5.2 mi | 41.4 | 19% | 16% | 4.1% |
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 Boisseron
What is the population of Boisseron?
2,185 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (1,884).
How old are Boisseron’s residents?
The median age is 41.5, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boisseron?
29, with occasional dwellings: 3.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boisseron?
INSEE counts 62 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boisseron?
€28,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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