Half of Boismont is over 55, older than 94% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Boismont had 441 residents in 220 households at the 2023 Census. Flats: 2.6% of the total. Against a figure of 10% in the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households in Boismont comes in at 4.7%.
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 Boismont
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 56 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boismont, 19% of its 300 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Boismont’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Boismont had 475 residents at the 2012 census and 441 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 19%, a higher share than 93% 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
Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
A −7% change since 2012: slower than 93% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −3% for the median Somme town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then −7% to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 95% of compared French towns, at 36%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boismont 55. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.8% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
31% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 70% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 22% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2 people on average.
Median standard of living: €25,900 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,900 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Boismont: 46% of households are headed by a retired person, above 94% of compared French towns
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
Here 7% of households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Roughly one in ten: just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1.2%
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.
In Boismont, 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Boismont has 24%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Above 76% of compared French towns: 25% 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
Where 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, Boismont has 24%. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 6th oldest of 41 French towns of 441 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).
Boismont and its 6 nearest towns: 2 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boismont | 55 | 36% | 19% | 1.2% |
| Friville-Escarbotin 4,306 · 7.5 mi | 47.5 | 26% | 2.8% | 1.7% |
| Rue 2,987 · 7.6 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 8.7 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Eu 6,499 · 13.5 mi | 55.2 | 35% | 5.9% | 2.8% |
| Mers-les-Bains 2,540 · 13.7 mi | 58.3 | 38% | 50% | 1.7% |
| Le Tréport 4,378 · 14.7 mi | 53.2 | 32% | 37% | 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 Boismont
What is the population of Boismont?
441 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (475).
How old are Boismont’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boismont?
56, with occasional dwellings: 19% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boismont?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.2% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boismont?
€25,900 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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