1% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car in Bou comes in at 2.4%. Households in social housing make up about one in 32 here (3.1%). At 8.5%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 1,036 residents and 440 households here.
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.
A +14% change since 2012: faster than 80% 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
Over those years, the median Loiret town changed +6% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 46.2: Bou is older than 64% 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
■ Bou 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 20% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 95% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Bou has 32%. 11% of households are single parents, a higher share than in 63% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.4 people on average.
Empty homes: 5%, a lower share than 74% 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
Turnover: 5.6% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 25% have lived in their home 30 years or more. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. 3.6% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 68% of compared French towns.
€30,320 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.
At €30,320 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 13% in Bou, more than in 70% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker trails 62% of compared French towns: 12%. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Locally, 36% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 73% of compared French towns, at 2.4%
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.
4.7% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 66% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
19% of residents 15 and over are single, below 96% 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
50% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
11% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 92% of compared French towns
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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 39% in Bou and 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,036 to 2,582 people, the 18th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Bou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bou
What is the population of Bou?
1,036 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (906).
How old are Bou’s residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 64% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bou?
17, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bou?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bou?
€30,320 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).
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.