Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
Households headed by a manual worker: 35% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census Buléon was home to 547 people in 230 households. About one in 32: that is how common households in social housing are in Buléon (3.1%). Higher than in 79% of compared French towns: 31% of households are couples with children.
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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 Buléon
Empty homes
The census found 35 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Faster growth than 70% of compared French towns: Buléon changed by +10% since 2012
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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Morbihan town +7%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +8%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Buléon ranks below 65% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Buléon 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.8% in Buléon. The median age locally is 44.8, higher than in 55% of compared French towns. On average, 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: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 65% of compared French towns: 32%
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 Morbihan median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Typically, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Buléon has fewer single-parent households than 71% of compared French towns, at 8.7%.
In Buléon, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 90% 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
Car-free households: one in 16, where the median compared French town has 11%. Higher than in 83% of compared French towns: 7.1% of homes are second homes. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. For Buléon, the census puts households without a car at 6.1%.
A median standard of living of €24,160 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 €24,160 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 73% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 84% of compared French towns: 2.8%
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.
Locally, 3.7% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 47% of residents 15 and over are married
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 single residents at 23%, Buléon is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 13% in Buléon, less than in 99% 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
25% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (547 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Buléon 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.
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 Buléon
What is the population of Buléon?
547 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (496).
How old are Buléon’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buléon?
20, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buléon?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (3.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Buléon?
€24,160 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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