Bouges-le-Château ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.6%
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Bouges-le-Château has 3.9%. At 2.4%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 96% of compared French towns. Its 130 households held 261 residents at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 34%.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Bouges-le-Château
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 32 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bouges-le-Château, 17% of its 190 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 97% 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
Bouges-le-Château had 286 residents at the 2012 census and 261 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 25 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 17% in Bouges-le-Château, more than in 92% 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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Bouges-le-Château has 13%. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 26%.
Bouges-le-Château’s population moved −9% on 2012, less than in 96% 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
Here the change came as −7% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Indre.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 7.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouges-le-Château 49.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bouges-le-Château is 49.4, higher than in 81% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer couples with children than 76% of compared French towns: 19%
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 Indre median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Bouges-le-Château has 7.7%. Across Bouges-le-Château, 38% of households are one person living alone. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
€26,510 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €26,510 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns, at 3.8%
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 38% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. In Bouges-le-Château, 19% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.9% in Bouges-le-Château, less than in 74% 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 median compared commune in Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 74% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 43: 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 21% in Bouges-le-Château, less than in 86% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 40% in Bouges-le-Château. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Among 41 French towns of 261 to 2,582 people, 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.
Bouges-le-Château is younger than 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouges-le-Château | 49.4 | 34% | 17% | 3.9% |
| Levroux 2,797 · 5 mi | 52 | 31% | 5.3% | 1.8% |
| Déols 7,600 · 13.9 mi | 48.6 | 25% | 1.3% | 5.3% |
| Villedieu-sur-Indre 2,583 · 14.7 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Chabris 2,740 · 14.9 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 7.8% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Maur 3,537 · 15.6 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.2% | 3.3% |
| Buzançais 4,356 · 15.7 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 4.6% | 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 Bouges-le-Château
What is the population of Bouges-le-Château?
261 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (286).
How old are Bouges-le-Château’s residents?
The median age is 49.4, older than 81% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouges-le-Château?
32, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouges-le-Château?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouges-le-Château?
€26,510 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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