1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
With residents aged 65 and over at 30%, Boucé is ahead of 86% of compared French towns on that count. 7.1% of homes are flats, or about one in 14. Lower than in 78% of compared French towns: 5.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional. At the 2023 Census Boucé was home to 570 people in 260 households.
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 Boucé
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boucé had 622 residents at the 2012 census and 570 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 95% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 59 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−8% since 2012: slower than 95% 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 Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −7%.
Boucé is older than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boucé 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of couples with children than 78% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
The average household has 2.1 people. On single-parent households, Boucé sits lower than 58% of compared French towns: 9.6%. The wider picture: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 35%, one-person households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
17% of homes stand empty, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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, 5.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 29% have stayed 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. At 7.6%, the share of second homes is higher than in 85% of compared French towns. By its share of households without a car (8.6%), Boucé is below 62% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €24,890 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.
At €24,890 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 80% of compared French towns: 19%
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 37% of households are headed by a retired person in Boucé. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Boucé sits below 82% of compared French towns for immigrants (3%)
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 Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Boucé.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 89% of compared French towns: 49%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Boucé comes in at 22%. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Boucé, 26% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 83% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 22% in Boucé and 30% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (570 to 2,582 people), the 15th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Boucé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boucé | 47.5 | 30% | 7.6% | 3% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 7.9 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Sées 4,168 · 12.4 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 12.6 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 13.1 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 16.1 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 16.8 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 Boucé
What is the population of Boucé?
570 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (622).
How old are Boucé’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boucé?
26, with occasional dwellings: 7.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boucé?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boucé?
€24,890 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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