0.8% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Bouère has 9.7%. The town is home to 1,058 residents in 410 households, by the 2023 Census. 37% of households are headed by a manual worker. Few places have so few households in social housing: 3.7% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Mayenne 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 Bouère
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 9.6% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Mayenne town ±0%. The first five years brought +2%; the six to 2023, −3%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13% in Bouère, more than in 88% 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
■ Bouère 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in Bouère, 20%. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 43.8, younger than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 35%
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 Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. 32% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 64% of compared French towns. To put it in context, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 9.6%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Bouère, 2.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 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
Empty homes make up 10%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 16% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.6% (under two years).
A median of €24,070 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €24,070 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.6% in Bouère, less than in 95% 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 Bouère, 31% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town: 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.7% in Bouère, less than in 95% 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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). The wider picture: 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.
A lower share of married residents than 71% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
The share of single residents is 27%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Bouère, 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
With adults with no qualification at 27%, Bouère is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,058 to 2,582 people: this is the 16th 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).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Bouère 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouère | 43.8 | 20% | 9.7% | 1.7% |
| Meslay-du-Maine 2,779 · 6.9 mi | 51.2 | 33% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 7.2 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| Précigné 2,877 · 9.9 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 1.5% |
| Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray 3,687 · 10.7 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 8.6% | 2% |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne 16,584 · 10.7 mi | 50 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.1% |
| Les Hauts-d'Anjou 8,751 · 12.1 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 3.8% | 2.2% |
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 Bouère
What is the population of Bouère?
1,058 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (1,067).
How old are Bouère’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouère?
50, with occasional dwellings: 9.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouère?
INSEE counts 18 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouère?
€24,070 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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