Flats: 1.3%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Boursault has 6.4%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 393, in 190 households. 7.1% of its homes are second homes; 0.5% of residents are immigrants. On single-parent households, Boursault sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 5.4%.
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 Boursault
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boursault had 460 residents at the 2012 census and 393 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Boursault’s residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (15%): 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 −15% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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 Marne town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −2% and the next six −13%.
Half of Boursault is over 52.1, older than 89% 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
■ Boursault 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 27%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Boursault ranks below 78% of compared French towns on one-person households: 30%
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
27% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the median compared French town; 5.4% are single parents with their children (10%). The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Households here average 2.1 people each.
Empty homes: 15%, a higher share than 95% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 5.4% of households have no car in Boursault. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Without a car: one household in 19, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A typical living standard of €30,210 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 Boursault’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,210 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 86% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 27% in Boursault, less than in 77% 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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Boursault, 14%. Roughly two in ten: 19% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across the comparison, 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).
0.5% of residents are immigrants, below 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Boursault. On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Boursault ranks below 98% of compared French towns on single residents: 18%
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
With married residents at 50%, Boursault is ahead of 93% of compared French towns on that count. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 23%, a higher share than 70% 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
Here 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
9th highest median age among 41 French towns of 393 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Boursault
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boursault | 52.1 | 27% | 7.1% | 0.5% |
| Épernay 22,174 · 5.6 mi | 44 | 23% | 5.2% | 11% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 8.2 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
| Dormans 2,890 · 8.9 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.7% | 4.9% |
| Blancs-Coteaux 3,080 · 13 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 3.9% | 1.9% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 13.2 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 14.5 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
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 Boursault
What is the population of Boursault?
393 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (460).
How old are Boursault’s residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boursault?
17, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boursault?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.5% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boursault?
€30,210 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.