Boyer is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.5
Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Boyer comes in at 45%. 5.6% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 94% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 725 residents in the town, living in 330 households. Locally, 6% of households are single parents.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Boyer
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 41 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boyer, 10% of its 390 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Boyer’s residents are under 51.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 88% of compared French towns: 10%
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
6.7% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. Set beside that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On households in social housing, Boyer sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 3.6%. Households without a car: 5.5% here and 11% in the typical compared French town.
A +6% change since 2012: faster than 57% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
A larger share of residents aged 65 and over than 85% of compared French towns: 30%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boyer 51.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.4%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households make up 34% in Boyer, less than in 54% 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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Nothing unusual on couples with children: 25%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €26,440 a year to live on
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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,440 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 55% of compared French towns.
Boyer sits below 97% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (4.5%)
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
Locally, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. By way of comparison, 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: 2.8%, a lower share than 84% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Boyer has 1.9%. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in Boyer, less than in 76% 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
Married residents: 42% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Below 68% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 725 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Boyer
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boyer | 51.5 | 30% | 10% | 2.8% |
| Tournus 5,701 · 2.5 mi | 51.2 | 31% | 3.2% | 6.9% |
| Sennecey-le-Grand 2,895 · 3.2 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 3.1% | 6.2% |
| Ouroux-sur-Saône 3,214 · 9 mi | 45.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Rémy 6,410 · 12.1 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 1.1% | 6.5% |
| Saint-Marcel 6,211 · 12.2 mi | 47.3 | 24% | 1.1% | 5.2% |
| Chalon-sur-Saône 45,102 · 13.5 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 4% | 14% |
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 Boyer
What is the population of Boyer?
725 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (681).
How old are Boyer’s residents?
The median age is 51.5, older than 87% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boyer?
41, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boyer?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boyer?
€26,440 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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