Bouleternère: 15% of homes stand empty, above 96% of compared French towns
In Bouleternère, 3.7% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. Across Bouleternère, 9.5% of homes are flats. The town has more single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 17%. 951 residents in 430 households: that is Bouleternère at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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 Bouleternère
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bouleternère, 12% of its 590 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 90 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Bouleternère, 12% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% of compared French towns
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
The share of households without a car is 8.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Bouleternère grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 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
In two steps, +6% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +10% in Pyrénées-Orientales.
Bouleternère is younger than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouleternère 41.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here a fifth of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Bouleternère.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Bouleternère ranks above 64% of compared French towns on couples with children: 28%
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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households make up 33%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people.
The median resident lives on €22,810 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.
Living standards centre on €22,810 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 82% of compared French towns: 20%
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 figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 5.8% in Bouleternère and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Across Bouleternère, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 8.7%, a higher share than 64% 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.
The median compared commune in Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 64% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 5.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Bouleternère.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 76% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Bouleternère. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Bouleternère, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 62% 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
Roughly three in ten: 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 951 to 2,582 people: this is the 6th youngest
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.
Every neighbor is older than Bouleternère
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouleternère | 41.3 | 20% | 12% | 8.7% |
| Ille-sur-Têt 5,556 · 2.2 mi | 49.6 | 28% | 5.1% | 14% |
| Millas 4,417 · 6.1 mi | 45.1 | 24% | 7.7% | 7.7% |
| Saint-Féliu-d'Avall 2,950 · 8.3 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Prades 6,148 · 8.6 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 11% | 11% |
| Thuir 8,243 · 8.7 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.1% | 9% |
| Pézilla-la-Rivière 4,129 · 9.8 mi | 41.6 | 20% | 2.6% | 6% |
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 Bouleternère
What is the population of Bouleternère?
951 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (880).
How old are Bouleternère’s residents?
The median age is 41.3, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouleternère?
68, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouleternère?
INSEE counts 83 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.7% of residents, and 56 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouleternère?
€22,810 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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