Couples with children make up 47% in Bouy, more than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Bouy, 4.4%. Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are scarce here: 4.7%, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 533 residents and 210 households here. On the census count, 18% of residents are 65 or over.
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 Bouy
A town of families
47% of households are couples with children and 4.8% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bouy changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 67% 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 Marne town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +7%, then −6% to 2023.
Half of Bouy is under 40.8, younger than 74% 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
■ Bouy 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than in 51% of compared French towns: 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Bouy, 22% of households are one person living alone, fewer 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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
4.8% of households are single parents; in the typical compared French town the figure is 10%. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.6 people in the average household.
3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 93% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in 19: that is how common empty homes are in Bouy (5.4%). As a yardstick, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 2.2%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,720 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €27,720 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
Bouy sits above 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (19%)
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
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Bouy comes in at 41%. For households headed by a manager or professional, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.8%, 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.
The median compared commune in Marne has 4.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 0.2%. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Single residents: 18%, a lower share than 97% 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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Bouy, 48%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 59% of compared French towns: 27% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 share of adults with no qualification is 17%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 533 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Bouy sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouy | 40.8 | 18% | 2.2% | 0.8% |
| Mourmelon-le-Grand 4,895 · 3.6 mi | 30.8 | 11% | 1.2% | 2.5% |
| Suippes 3,938 · 8.8 mi | 32.4 | 14% | 1.6% | 2.3% |
| Châlons-en-Champagne 42,971 · 9.1 mi | 41.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 10% |
| Fagnières 4,858 · 9.1 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 0.8% | 9.3% |
| Saint-Memmie 5,441 · 9.2 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 7.4% |
| Aÿ-Champagne 5,103 · 15.2 mi | 51.9 | 30% | 3.2% | 2.5% |
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 Bouy
What is the population of Bouy?
533 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (530).
How old are Bouy’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouy?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouy?
€27,720 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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