19% of households are one person living alone, below 99% of compared French towns
Flats: 2.7% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. 382 residents in 160 households: that is Boubiers at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households without a car at 2.5% in the town. This Oise town has fewer residents aged 65 and over than 84% of compared French towns, at 17%.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Boubiers
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boubiers had 442 residents at the 2012 census and 382 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: −14% since 2012, behind 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Oise town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
Half of Boubiers is over 45.1, older than 57% 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
■ Boubiers 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 6.1% of households are single parents
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 32% of households are couples with children in Boubiers. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. There are 2.3 people in the average household.
4.9% of homes in Boubiers are second homes
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
In the last two years, 7.5% of households moved in; at the other end, 21% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 6.5% of homes stand empty, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €30,690 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 Boubiers’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,690 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns, at 6.1%
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 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Boubiers comes in at 12%. Here, 31% of households are headed by a retired person. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Boubiers, 4.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 69% 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.
2.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 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
In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 50% and 8.6%, and 4.7% are widowed. By way of comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 77% 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: 34% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
No nearby town is as old as Boubiers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boubiers | 45.1 | 17% | 4.9% | 4.4% |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin 3,338 · 3.3 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.4% | 7.5% |
| Magny-en-Vexin 5,779 · 5.7 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Gisors 12,410 · 5.8 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.2% |
| Marines 3,594 · 7.2 mi | 39.7 | 17% | 1.9% | 6.4% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 10.1 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Auneuil 2,898 · 11.9 mi | 43.3 | 20% | 2.2% | 3.8% |
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 Boubiers
What is the population of Boubiers?
382 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (442).
How old are Boubiers’ residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boubiers?
9, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boubiers?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boubiers?
€30,690 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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