A town of second homes: 34% of its homes
7.3% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Le Buisson had 221 residents in 97 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 16% of residents are 65 or over. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Lozère 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 Le Buisson
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 61 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Buisson, 34% of its 180 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% 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
Le Buisson had 238 residents at the 2012 census and 221 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
1% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Le Buisson has 11%. Locally, 6.2% of households have no car. To put it in context, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A change of −7% since 2012 leaves Le Buisson behind 93% 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 change was −6% from 2012 to 2017 and −1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Lozère town −4%.
Half of Le Buisson is under 41.2, younger than 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
■ Le Buisson 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%).
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Lozère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
In Le Buisson, 17% of households are single parents, more than in 98% 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 Lozère median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households is 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people. Couples with children are more common here than in 88% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €25,840 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 Le Buisson’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,840 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Only 17% of households are headed by a retired person in Le Buisson
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Le Buisson, 17%. Households headed by a retired person: 32% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.9%, a lower share than 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
32% of residents 15 and over are married, 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
In Le Buisson, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Le Buisson ranks below 97% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 9.3%
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
Here 34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 221 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th youngest
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).
No nearby town is as young as Le Buisson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Buisson | 41.2 | 16% | 34% | 0.9% |
| Marvejols 4,764 · 5.6 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 9.7% |
| Saint-Chély-d'Apcher 3,955 · 12.3 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 9.6% | 5.6% |
| Mende 12,464 · 14.5 mi | 42.6 | 21% | 6.6% | 13% |
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 Le Buisson
What is the population of Le Buisson?
221 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (238).
How old are Le Buisson’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Buisson?
61, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Buisson?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Buisson?
€25,840 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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