In Le Bosc, 3% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Le Bosc, 7.6% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. About one in 13: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Le Bosc (7.7%). Few places have so few single-parent households: 6.1% here, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns. This Hérault town is home to 1,435 residents in 640 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Le Bosc
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 83 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Bosc, 11% of its 780 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Le Bosc: 11% of homes are second homes, above 88% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 7.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 15%. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 7.2%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
+13% since 2012, a pace 76% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +5%, then +7% to 2023.
Le Bosc is older than 60% of compared French towns: a median age of 45.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Bosc 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in four: 23% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 73% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Le Bosc has more couples with children than 64% of compared French towns, at 28%.
€24,700 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.
The median standard of living in Le Bosc is €24,700 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
Here just over a third of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%. On the census count, 8.4% 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).
4.9% of residents are immigrants, below 65% 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.
3.3% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 65% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 88% 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
Married residents make up 46%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 75% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Graduates of higher education make up 35%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 21st oldest of 41 French towns of 1,435 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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Le Bosc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bosc | 45.5 | 23% | 11% | 4.9% |
| Lodève 7,251 · 4.1 mi | 52.3 | 31% | 5.1% | 12% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 5.2 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 7 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Canet 3,619 · 8.3 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 9 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Aniane 2,979 · 10.3 mi | 46.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 4.9% |
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 Le Bosc
What is the population of Le Bosc?
1,435 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (1,275).
How old are Le Bosc’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Bosc?
83, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Bosc?
INSEE counts 70 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 47 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Bosc?
€24,700 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).
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