Flats: 1.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of households are headed by a manual worker in Boësses. Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 90% of compared French towns: 8.3%. This Loiret town counted 384 residents and 190 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 4.8% of households have no car.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 Boësses
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boësses, 14% of its 230 homes: higher than in 91% 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
Boësses had 410 residents at the 2012 census and 384 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 14% of its homes
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
With empty homes at 5.6%, Boësses is behind 66% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.9% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 92% 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, −7% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +6% in Loiret.
A median age of 47: Boësses is older than 69% 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
■ Boësses 47. The median compared French town: 44.
25% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 71% 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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
27% of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. Fewer single-parent households than in 79% of compared French towns: 8.1%. To put it in context, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.1 people each.
Median standard of living: €26,960 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 residents live in households above €26,960 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Boësses ranks above 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 38%
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
The figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 14% in Boësses and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.5% of Boësses’ residents are immigrants
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 Loiret has 9.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 50% of compared French towns. For Boësses, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.9%.
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 20% in Boësses, less than in 93% 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
In Boësses, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Boësses sits below 56% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (18%)
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
Roughly three in ten: 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 384 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).
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Boësses are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boësses | 47 | 25% | 14% | 6.5% |
| Puiseaux 3,299 · 3.9 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 3.2% | 6.8% |
| Pithiviers 8,856 · 9 mi | 40.7 | 22% | 3.7% | 24% |
| Le Malesherbois 8,016 · 9.8 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 5.1% | 15% |
| Château-Landon 3,149 · 11.9 mi | 49 | 28% | 6.1% | 9.5% |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours 5,401 · 13.5 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 2.7% | 9.7% |
| Souppes-sur-Loing 4,952 · 13.7 mi | 45 | 21% | 2.4% | 15% |
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 Boësses
What is the population of Boësses?
384 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (410).
How old are Boësses’ residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boësses?
33, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boësses?
INSEE counts 25 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boësses?
€26,960 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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