Below 97% of compared French towns: 3% of households are headed by a manager or professional
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Boynes comes in at 11%. This Loiret town counted 1,289 residents and 550 households at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 6.3% locally. At 6.2%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in four fifths of compared French towns.
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.
Boynes changed by −1% from 2012 to 2023, behind 73% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Loiret town +6%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Boynes, less than in 72% 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
■ Boynes 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In Boynes, 12% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. With a median age of 44.4, Boynes is older than 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 31% in Boynes, less than in 69% 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
The average household has 2.3 people. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. More couples with children than in just over half of compared French towns: 25%. Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 10%.
Flats: 7.6%, a lower share than 91% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 7.3%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 22%. 6.2% of homes are second homes, more than in 81% of compared French towns.
€24,650 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,650 a year: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 25%, a higher share than 96% 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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Boynes has 37%. On average, 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).
6.8% of Boynes’ 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 share of foreign nationals stands at 5%. That is higher than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 50% of compared French towns: 43%
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
For Boynes, the census puts single residents at 25%.
Boynes sits below 90% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (19%)
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 adults with no qualification is 25% in Boynes and 19% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 1,289 to 2,582
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.
No nearby town is as old as Boynes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boynes | 44.4 | 19% | 6.2% | 6.8% |
| Pithiviers 8,856 · 6.2 mi | 40.7 | 22% | 3.7% | 24% |
| Puiseaux 3,299 · 7.8 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 3.2% | 6.8% |
| Le Malesherbois 8,016 · 11.9 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 5.1% | 15% |
| Neuville-aux-Bois 4,987 · 14.6 mi | 42.6 | 23% | 1.1% | 5.7% |
| Loury 2,616 · 14.9 mi | 44 | 18% | 3.3% | 4.7% |
| Traînou 3,402 · 15.5 mi | 41.4 | 16% | 1.4% | 3.8% |
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 Boynes
What is the population of Boynes?
1,289 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,300).
How old are Boynes’ residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boynes?
41, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boynes?
INSEE counts 87 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.8% of residents, and 65 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boynes?
€24,650 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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