Only 0.8% of homes are flats in Bouchoir
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Bouchoir had 276 residents in 110 households at the 2023 Census. One-person households make up about one in four here (23%). The share of residents aged 65 and over is 17%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
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 Bouchoir
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 4.6% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bouchoir had 302 residents at the 2012 census and 276 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Bouchoir has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −6%.
Younger than 65% of compared French towns: half of Bouchoir is under 42
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouchoir 42. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
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%.
A larger share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 35%
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 average household has 2.5 people. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Bouchoir has fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.6%.
Fewer households without a car than 72% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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
The share of second homes trails four fifths of compared French towns: 1%. On top of that, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Empty homes: 8.2% of the total.
€26,530 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Bouchoir’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,530 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 56% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 9.3%, a lower share than 80% 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
Households headed by a retired person make up about one in three here (32%). 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).
Bouchoir sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (0.7%)
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, Bouchoir has 0.3%. The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
20% of residents 15 and over are single, below 89% 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
In Bouchoir, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 85% 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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 28% in Bouchoir and 19% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 276 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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).
Of the 6 towns nearest Bouchoir, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouchoir | 42 | 17% | 1% | 0.7% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 4.8 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Roye 5,833 · 6.1 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 8.2 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 8.7 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 10.8 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 1.7% |
| Corbie 5,982 · 13.5 mi | 47.2 | 26% | 1.1% | 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 Bouchoir
What is the population of Bouchoir?
276 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (302).
How old are Bouchoir’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouchoir?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouchoir?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouchoir?
€26,530 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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