Only 4.5% of residents are 15 to 24 in Boisbergues
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. About one in 31: that is how common households without a car are in Boisbergues (3.2%). The town had 64 residents in 30 households at the 2023 Census. Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Boisbergues has 17%.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Boisbergues
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boisbergues, 16% of its 43 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boisbergues had 85 residents at the 2012 census and 64 in 2023, down 25%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 6 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 16% of its homes
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
6.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 29% have been in their home 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Boisbergues has more empty homes than 93% of compared French towns, at 14%.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Boisbergues changed by −25% since 2012
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, −8% to 2017 and −18% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Somme.
Boisbergues is younger than 84% of compared French towns: a median age of 39
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boisbergues 39. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 23% in Boisbergues.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 120 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, Boisbergues has 33%. Each household has 2.1 people on average. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 50%
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
33% of households are headed by a retired person. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Boisbergues 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.
31% of residents 15 and over are married, below 97% 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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Boisbergues comes in at 27%. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 70% of compared French towns: 24%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 64 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Boisbergues
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boisbergues | 39 | 23% | 16% | 0% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 5 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 7.4 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 8.7 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 11.7 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 15.9 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 16.3 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
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 Boisbergues
What is the population of Boisbergues?
64 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% fewer than in 2012 (85).
How old are Boisbergues’ residents?
The median age is 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boisbergues?
7, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boisbergues?
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%.
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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