3.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Bosquel has 12%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 349 residents and 150 households locally. For Bosquel, the census puts one-person households at 28%.
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 Bosquel
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 6.4% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +16% change since 2012: faster than 83% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +11%, then +4% to 2023. Over those years, the median Somme town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%.
Younger than 73% of compared French towns: half of Bosquel is under 41
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bosquel 41. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Bosquel. Here, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Bosquel, 34% of households are couples with children, more than in 89% 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
The typical household size is 2.3 people. 6.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
88% of homes are houses
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
Second homes make up 1.2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. 6% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 60% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €28,080 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 median standard of living in Bosquel is €28,080 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 71% of compared French towns.
Bosquel ranks below 91% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 22%
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
Lower than in 58% of compared French towns: 13% of households are headed by a manual worker. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. One in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, or about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 94% of compared French towns: 1.8% of residents 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.
1.2% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. By way of comparison, 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.
Married residents: 40%, a lower share than 67% 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 a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 13% in Bosquel, less than in 82% 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
In Bosquel, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Against that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (349 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Bosquel
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bosquel | 41 | 21% | 1.2% | 1.8% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 6.6 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 8 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Saleux 2,739 · 8.4 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
| Salouël 4,179 · 9 mi | 32.5 | 19% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Boves 3,234 · 10.7 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 1.6% | 2.5% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 11 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
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 Bosquel
What is the population of Bosquel?
349 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (302).
How old are Bosquel’s residents?
The median age is 41, younger than 73% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bosquel?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bosquel?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bosquel?
€28,080 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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