Bully ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 0.5%
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 1.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Bully. 5.2% of households have no car, a lower share than in 86% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 863 people lived locally, in 370 households. Put another way, about one in three: 32% of households are couples with children.
Throughout this page, the Seine-Maritime 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.
Bully’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 80% 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
Here the change came as +4% to 2017, then −6% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Seine-Maritime.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 70% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bully 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in ten: one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Half of Bully’s residents are under 43.8, younger than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 1.4% in Bully, less 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 Seine-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 26% of households are one person living alone. For single-parent households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 10%.
A higher share of second homes than 82% of compared French towns, at 6.5%
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
4.8% of homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Turnover: 7.4% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 28% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,680 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.
Living standards centre on €25,680 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Bully sits below 64% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (30%)
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
15% of households are headed by a manual worker. As a yardstick, 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).
In Bully, 1.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 97% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 0.8%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
In Bully, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Here nearly half of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Only 24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bully
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
Locally, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. As a yardstick, 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 863 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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Bully
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bully | 43.8 | 19% | 6.5% | 1.4% |
| Neufchâtel-en-Bray 4,662 · 3.5 mi | 51.7 | 34% | 1.3% | 1.2% |
| Buchy 2,815 · 9.7 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 1.8% | 0.9% |
| Val-de-Scie 2,530 · 10.9 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 3.6% | 1.3% |
| Forges-les-Eaux 3,642 · 11.4 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
| Saint-Nicolas-d'Aliermont 3,665 · 12.3 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 1.1% | 1.2% |
| Quincampoix 3,103 · 16.3 mi | 49.7 | 24% | 0.5% | 2% |
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 Bully
What is the population of Bully?
863 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (885).
How old are Bully’s residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bully?
27, with occasional dwellings: 6.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bully?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (0.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bully?
€25,680 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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