15% of homes are second homes, more than in 91% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 25% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Boffles. The town counted 46 residents and 21 households at the 2023 Census. In Boffles, 4.8% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 Boffles
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 4 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boffles, 15% of its 27 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boffles had 48 residents at the 2012 census and 46 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
One home in seven in Boffles is a second home
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. 33% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 19% moved in within the last two years. Little separates the share of empty homes here, 7.4%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −4% since 2012, behind 85% 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 −1% for the median Pas-de-Calais town, the change came in two steps: +4% from 2012 to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
28% of residents are 65 or over, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boffles 46. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Boffles is 46, higher than in 63% of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 11% in the town, about one in ten. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 25%
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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Boffles has fewer couples with children than 51% of compared French towns, at 25%.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 83% of compared French towns: 25%
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 32% 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).
Boffles sits below 76% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (2.2%)
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 share of immigrants is 4.3%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 70% 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.
Boffles ranks below 89% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Boffles comes in at 46%. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 5.6% in Boffles, less than in 99% 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: 33%, above just over three fifths of compared French towns. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 46 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Boffles sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boffles | 46 | 28% | 15% | 4.3% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 4 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 4.2 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 9 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 10.5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 11 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 17.4 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
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 Boffles
What is the population of Boffles?
46 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (48).
How old are Boffles’ residents?
The median age is 46, older than 63% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boffles?
4, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boffles?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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