3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 26%, below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. On households in social housing, Bouquemaison sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 2.4%. The town is home to 493 residents in 210 households, by the 2023 Census. One-person households account for 29%.
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 Bouquemaison
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bouquemaison had 543 residents at the 2012 census and 493 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.
Bouquemaison changed by −9% from 2012 to 2023, behind 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 median Somme town changed −3% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six −2%.
Bouquemaison is younger than 62% of compared French towns: a median age of 42.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouquemaison 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 55% of compared French towns. Across Bouquemaison, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Bouquemaison ranks above 66% of compared French towns on couples with children: 28%
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
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Single-parent households are more common here than in 77% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%.
Households without a car make up 7.7% in Bouquemaison, less than in 69% 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 household in 13 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Across Bouquemaison, 3.8% of homes are second homes. Fewer empty homes than in 54% of compared French towns: 6.4%.
Standard of living at the median: €24,870 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 Bouquemaison is €24,870 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 80% of compared French towns: 19%
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 manager or professional: 7.2% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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).
Immigrants: 0.6%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Bouquemaison comes in at 0.2%. For immigrants, the comparison 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Bouquemaison
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
For Bouquemaison, the census puts married residents at 44%. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 21%, a lower share than 83% 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
Put another way, about one in five: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 493 to 2,582 people: this is the 10th 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).
No nearby town is as young as Bouquemaison
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouquemaison | 42.5 | 21% | 3.8% | 0.6% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 3.7 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 5 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 10.1 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 11.6 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 17.4 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 17.8 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
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 Bouquemaison
What is the population of Bouquemaison?
493 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (543).
How old are Bouquemaison’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouquemaison?
9, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouquemaison?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouquemaison?
€24,870 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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