Boussicourt sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (17%)
8.3% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Across Boussicourt, 19% of residents are 15 to 24. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 5.6%, more than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The town counted 80 residents and 31 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Boussicourt
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Boussicourt changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 80% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −3% in Somme. Here the change came as +6% to 2017, then −8% to 2023.
Younger than 66% of compared French towns: half of Boussicourt 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
■ Boussicourt 42. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 20% in Boussicourt and 22% in the typical compared French town.
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%.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 17% of households are single parents
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 2.6 people. 33% of households are couples with children, more than in 88% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%.
8.3% of homes stand empty, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Some 6.5% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 13% who have been there 30 years or more.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 67% of compared French towns, at 17%
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. For Boussicourt, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 87% of compared French towns: 2.5%
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 28%
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
Single residents make up 33%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 27% in Boussicourt, more than in 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 23%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Ranked by age, 8th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Boussicourt
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boussicourt | 42 | 20% | 5.6% | 2.5% |
| Montdidier 5,935 · 3.9 mi | 46.3 | 25% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Moreuil 3,936 · 6.4 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 3% | 1.1% |
| Roye 5,833 · 9.5 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Rosières-en-Santerre 2,894 · 9.6 mi | 46.9 | 27% | 0.9% | 2.3% |
| Ailly-sur-Noye 2,648 · 9.9 mi | 45.3 | 25% | 1.2% | 1.2% |
| Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 11.6 mi | 41 | 18% | 0.6% | 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 Boussicourt
What is the population of Boussicourt?
80 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (82).
How old are Boussicourt’s residents?
The median age is 42, younger than 66% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Boussicourt?
2, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Boussicourt?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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