A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.9%
The figure for one-person households is 27% in Bousse and 35% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 3,236 people lived in the town, in 1,380 households. For Bousse, the census puts households without a car at 3.7%. Few places have so few empty homes: 3.4% here, fewer than in 93% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Moselle 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.
A +8% change since 2012: faster than 64% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Moselle town −1%. The change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023.
Only 10% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bousse
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bousse 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bousse’s residents are over 44.5, older than in 53% of compared French towns. Here, 21% of residents are 65 or over. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Bousse: 30% of households are couples with children, above 77% 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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. In Bousse, 9.1% of households are single parents.
Bousse ranks below 77% of compared French towns on second homes: 1.1%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of homes are flats here. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A median of €32,090 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €32,090 a year: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. Some 5.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
15% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more 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
With households headed by a retired person at 30%, Bousse is behind 62% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%. For Bousse, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 13%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer foreign nationals than 72% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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 Moselle has 12%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 65% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants account for 4.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bousse: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 87% 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
The share of single residents is 21%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 13%, a lower share than 86% 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
Graduates of higher education: 41%, above just over four fifths of compared French towns. The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 3,214 to 3,261 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.
Ormoy is the youngest (32.2); Jard-sur-Mer the oldest (68.1).
No nearby town is as old as Bousse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bousse | 44.5 | 21% | 1.1% | 4.8% |
| Guénange 8,083 · 1.5 mi | 40.7 | 19% | 0.4% | 12% |
| Mondelange 5,699 · 1.9 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1% | 13% |
| Bertrange 2,941 · 2.5 mi | 43.7 | 20% | 0.7% | 4.7% |
| Hagondange 9,278 · 2.5 mi | 42.6 | 20% | 0.6% | 11% |
| Uckange 7,021 · 2.8 mi | 37.3 | 18% | 0.5% | 22% |
| Gandrange 3,031 · 3.1 mi | 44.1 | 20% | 1% | 6.8% |
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 Bousse
What is the population of Bousse?
3,236 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (2,989).
How old are Bousse’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bousse?
16, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bousse?
INSEE counts 160 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 80 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bousse?
€32,090 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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