Couples with children make up 36% in Bouin-Plumoison, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Empty homes make up 2.5%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Bouin-Plumoison has more households headed by a retired person than 96% of compared French towns, at 48%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 511, in 220 households. About one in 34: that is how common flats are in Bouin-Plumoison (2.9%).
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 Bouin-Plumoison
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 2.3% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+10% since 2012, a pace 69% of compared French towns didn’t match
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: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then +3% to 2023.
Only 8.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bouin-Plumoison
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouin-Plumoison 44. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 25%, Bouin-Plumoison is ahead of 67% of compared French towns on that count. Half of the town’s residents are under 44, younger than in just over half of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Bouin-Plumoison, 2.3% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households is 27%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
A higher share of second homes than 81% of compared French towns, at 6.3%
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
Where just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town, Bouin-Plumoison has 7.4%. The census found that 6.9% of households rent social housing (HLM) locally. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,240 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 €24,240 a year: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.5% in Bouin-Plumoison, less than in 89% of compared French towns
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
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 75% of compared French towns: 18%. As a yardstick, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.8% of residents are immigrants
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 Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Bouin-Plumoison, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 83% 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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 93% 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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Bouin-Plumoison, 23%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 511 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Bouin-Plumoison
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouin-Plumoison | 44 | 25% | 6.3% | 0.8% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 2.1 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 11.7 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 14.9 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 15.1 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Verton 2,571 · 15.3 mi | 47.1 | 23% | 13% | 1.5% |
| Rue 2,987 · 16 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
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 Bouin-Plumoison
What is the population of Bouin-Plumoison?
511 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (465).
How old are Bouin-Plumoison’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouin-Plumoison?
15, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouin-Plumoison?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouin-Plumoison?
€24,240 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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