A larger share of couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 47%
By its share of households without a car (4.7%), Bouilly is below 90% of compared French towns. The median age here is 40.6, lower than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. The town had 230 residents in 85 households at the 2023 Census. Flats: 2.9% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Marne 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 Bouilly
A town of families
47% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Bouilly had 178 residents at the 2012 census and 230 in 2023, up 29%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +29% change since 2012: faster than 96% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +14%, and from 2017 to 2023 +13%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Marne town −2%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 76% of compared French towns: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouilly 40.6. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Bouilly. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 18%
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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.7 people in the average household. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Above 91% of compared French towns: 13% of homes stand empty
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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 2.8%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
€30,050 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.
Half of Bouilly’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,050 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 84% of compared French towns.
Bouilly ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5.9%
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (29%), Bouilly is below two thirds of compared French towns. Locally, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. Set beside that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Bouilly
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%. In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals. Locally, 2.2% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Bouilly, 11% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 230 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Bouilly and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouilly | 40.6 | 18% | 2.8% | 2.2% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 5 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 5.7 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 6.2 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 7.2 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Reims 177,674 · 7.3 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Bétheny 6,975 · 9.3 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
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 Bouilly
What is the population of Bouilly?
230 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 29% more than in 2012 (178).
How old are Bouilly’s residents?
The median age is 40.6, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouilly?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouilly?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouilly?
€30,050 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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