A larger share of couples with children than 98% of compared French towns: 39%
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 3.2% of households have no car in Boursin. The 2023 Census counted 236 residents in 93 households. Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Boursin has 5.1%.
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 Boursin
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boursin had 275 residents at the 2012 census and 236 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −14% since 2012 leaves Boursin behind 99% 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
In two steps, −7% to 2017 and −7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
14% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 94% 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
■ Boursin 44. The median compared French town: 44.
17% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. With a median age of 44, Boursin is younger than half of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 22%, a lower share than 98% 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
On average, 2.5 people share a household. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 5.6% of households are single parents, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns.
98% of homes are houses
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 that moved in under two years ago: 8.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%. Empty homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The median resident lives on €28,660 a year per consumption unit
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 €28,660 a year: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 28%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Boursin has 5.6%. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 22%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Boursin 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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% 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.
56% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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
Single residents: 23%, below 73% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 89% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Here 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 236 to 2,582
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.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Boursin
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Boursin
What is the population of Boursin?
236 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (275).
How old are Boursin’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boursin?
5, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boursin?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boursin?
€28,660 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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