A median age of 35.8: Boyer is younger than 95% of compared French towns
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 195 people lived in Boyer, in 68 households. One-person households account for 15%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Boyer has 23%.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 Boyer
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boyer had 222 residents at the 2012 census and 195 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Boyer’s residents are under 35.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −12% since 2012 leaves Boyer behind 98% 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
In two steps, −10% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +3% in Loire.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 22% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boyer 35.8. The median compared French town: 44.
13% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns: 15%
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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.8 people. Few places have as many couples with children: 31% here, more than in 79% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Flats: 2.7%, a lower share than 99% 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
The share of empty homes is 5.4%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. About one in 37: that is how common second homes are in Boyer (2.7%).
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,820 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.
Half of Boyer’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,820 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 15%, a higher share than 59% of compared French towns
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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).
Immigrants make up 1% in Boyer, less than in 99% 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.
0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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.
Boyer sits above 81% of compared French towns for single residents (31%)
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 46% in Boyer. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Boyer ranks below 93% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 11%
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: 27%, below 59% of compared French towns. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 195 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 Boyer (35.8), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Boyer is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyer | 35.8 | 13% | 2.7% | 1% |
| Charlieu 3,766 · 4.7 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 7.2% | 4.1% |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 2,588 · 5.5 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Cours 4,306 · 5.7 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 5.8% | 4.7% |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs 5,771 · 6.6 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Mably 7,233 · 7.1 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 0.8% | 7.8% |
| Le Coteau 6,845 · 7.7 mi | 54.7 | 36% | 1.6% | 6.8% |
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 Boyer
What is the population of Boyer?
195 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (222).
How old are Boyer’s residents?
The median age is 35.8, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boyer?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boyer?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boyer?
€25,820 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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