A median age of 57: Boufflers is older than 96% of compared French towns
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 113 people lived in Boufflers, in 54 households. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 45% in the town. Households without a car make up 11%, close to the figure 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 Boufflers
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 8 second homes and occasional dwellings in Boufflers, 10% of its 78 homes: higher than in 88% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Boufflers’ residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (20%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
20% of homes stand empty, more than in 99% 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
One in ten homes are second homes (Somme median 1.5%, France median 2.1%) and 20% are empty (6.7%).
Boufflers changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Somme town −3%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 39% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Boufflers 57. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (9.1%), Boufflers is below four fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Below 81% of compared French towns: 18% of households are couples with children
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
Households average 2.1 people. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Boufflers has more one-person households than 55% of compared French towns, at 36%.
A median standard of living of €22,240 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 Boufflers is €22,240 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Only 9.1% of households are headed by a manual worker in Boufflers
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
About one in 11: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Boufflers (9.1%). On average, 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).
Boufflers ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.9%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (1.8%), Boufflers is below just over four fifths of compared French towns. On average, 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 16%
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 55% in Boufflers. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Boufflers: 37% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 99% 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 share of graduates of higher education is 21%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 113 to 2,582 people, the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Boufflers
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boufflers | 57 | 39% | 10% | 0.9% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 4.6 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 7.7 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 11.8 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 13.6 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
| Rue 2,987 · 15.4 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 11% | 1.3% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 16 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
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 Boufflers
What is the population of Boufflers?
113 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (117).
How old are Boufflers’ residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 10% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boufflers?
8, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boufflers?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.9% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Boufflers?
€22,240 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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