Households without a car: 2%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
A fifth of households are one person living alone; in the typical compared French town the figure is 35%. Still, on second homes, Boëcé sits higher than 83% of compared French towns: 7.1%. In 2023, the Census found 125 residents here, living in 49 households. Locally, 10% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Boëcé
A young town
Half of Boëcé’s residents are under 38.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 19% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Boëcé outgrew 58% of compared French towns: +7%
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 Orne town −5%. The first five years brought +6%; the six to 2023, +1%.
A median age of 38.6: Boëcé is younger than 86% 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
■ Boëcé 38.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 19%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 75% of compared French towns: 30%
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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.6 people. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 10%, fewer than in 50% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Fewer empty homes than 69% of compared French towns: 5.4%
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
Some 6.1% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 29% who have been there 30 years or more. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €24,260 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,260 a year: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Boëcé ranks above 83% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 40%
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. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a retired person come to 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 88% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2.4% in Boëcé. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants. The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 51% in Boëcé, more than in 93% 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. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Boëcé, 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 80% 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
Roughly two in ten: a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 125 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Boëcé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boëcé | 38.6 | 19% | 7.1% | 2.4% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 4.6 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 10.9 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 11.8 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 14.3 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 15.4 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 17.4 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
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 Boëcé
What is the population of Boëcé?
125 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (117).
How old are Boëcé’s residents?
The median age is 38.6, younger than 86% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boëcé?
4, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boëcé?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boëcé?
€24,260 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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