Boursay sits above 96% of compared French towns for second homes (36%)
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 179 residents in 88 households: that is Boursay at the 2023 Census. Locally, 47% of households are headed by a retired person. By its share of couples with children (18%), Boursay is below 83% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Boursay
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boursay, 36% of its 170 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% 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
Boursay had 197 residents at the 2012 census and 179 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Boursay’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.4%
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 share of households without a car trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 5.7%. Set beside that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 11% of homes stand empty.
Boursay’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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −3% for the median Loir-et-Cher town, the change came in two steps: −16% from 2012 to 2017, then +8% to 2023.
A median age of 53: Boursay is older than 91% 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
■ Boursay 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 27% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
35% of households are one person living alone, more than in 51% 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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1 people share a household.
Standard of living at the median: €25,610 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.
Living standards centre on €25,610 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Only 5.9% of households are headed by a manual worker in Boursay
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 5.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Boursay ranks below 75% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 2.2%
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.
In Boursay, 4.4% of residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 69% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Boursay, 17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
The figure for married residents is 51% in Boursay and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 66% of compared French towns: 16%
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
34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Boursay
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boursay | 53 | 27% | 36% | 4.4% |
| Vald'Yerre 3,609 · 9.4 mi | 49 | 29% | 17% | 3.8% |
| Vibraye 2,523 · 11.8 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 6.1% | 1.4% |
| Cloyes-les-Trois-Rivières 5,607 · 12.6 mi | 52.7 | 31% | 9.1% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Calais 2,948 · 12.8 mi | 57.9 | 39% | 4.3% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Ouen 3,041 · 14.4 mi | 54.9 | 34% | 1.6% | 7.1% |
| Vendôme 15,758 · 15.3 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 3% | 11% |
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 Boursay
What is the population of Boursay?
179 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (197).
How old are Boursay’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boursay?
60, with occasional dwellings: 36% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boursay?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boursay?
€25,610 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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