Above 99% of compared French towns: 41% of households are couples with children
In the typical compared French town, the share of households without a car is 11%; Boitron has 4.4%. The town’s 140 households held 349 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, 0.6% of homes are flats. 19% of households are headed by a manual worker, a higher share than in 78% of compared French towns.
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 Boitron
A town of families
41% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Boitron’s residents are under 37.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 11% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Boitron’s population moved +1% on 2012, less than in 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Orne town −5%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, −1%.
11% of residents are 65 or over, below 98% 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
■ Boitron 37.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Boitron’s residents are under 37.1, younger than in 91% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% locally.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 26% in Boitron, less than in 92% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.6 people in the average household. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 11%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
A higher share of empty homes than 83% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 2.5% of homes are second homes. Elsewhere, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Some just over one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 15% who have been there 30 years or more.
€25,700 a year: the median standard of living
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 €25,700 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Only 11% of households are headed by a retired person in Boitron
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 the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Boitron has 11%. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Boitron, 0.9% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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 0.3% in Boitron. As a yardstick, 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.
42% of residents 15 and over are married, below 55% 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
In Boitron, 26% of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 70% 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
By its share of graduates of higher education (28%), Boitron is below 56% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 349 to 2,582 people
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 37.1 in Boitron to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Boitron
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boitron | 37.1 | 11% | 2.5% | 0.9% |
| Sées 4,168 · 5.1 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 12.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 13.4 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 13.6 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 15.6 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 16.4 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
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 Boitron
What is the population of Boitron?
349 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (344).
How old are Boitron’s residents?
The median age is 37.1, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 11% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boitron?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boitron?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boitron?
€25,700 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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