43.3median age

Who lives here · INSEE, census 2023

Flats: 20%, a lower share than 69% of compared French towns

Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 8.6% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Boves. The 2023 Census counted 3,234 residents in 1,490 households. 4% more people than in 2012. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 64% of compared French towns.

+4%residents since 2012 21%aged 65 or older 2.5%immigrants 1,490households

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.

Population

Boves’s population moved +4% on 2012, less than in 52% 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.

Census 2012

3,100

residents

Census 2017

3,192

residents

Census 2023

3,234

residents

in today’s commune boundaries

2012 to 2023

Boves+4%

Somme median−3%

France median+5%

2017 to 2023

Boves+1%

Somme median−3%

France median+2%

For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Somme town −3%.

Ages

Residents aged 15 to 24: 12%, a higher share than 70% of compared French towns

Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.

Age groups · share of residents

BovesSomme medianFrance median

Under 1516%

15 to 2412%

25 to 4425%

45 to 6427%

65 and over21%

of whom 80 and over4.9%

0%15%30%

Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns

2535455565

■ Boves 43.3. The median compared French town: 44.

With a median age of 43.3, Boves is younger than 55% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.

Women and men · all residents

52% women, 48% men

Boves

Somme median

France median

WomenMen

About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.

Households

Above 57% of compared French towns: 27% 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.

One person 34%Couple, no children 29%Couple with children 27%Single parent 9.3%Several people, not a family 1.4%

Against the Somme median and the France median

Boves

Somme median

France median

One personCouple, no childrenCouple with childrenSingle parentSeveral people, not a family

Living alone · share

BovesSomme medianFrance median

One-person households34%

Residents 65+ living alone31%

0%25%50%

The typical household size is 2.2 people. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Across Boves, nearly one in ten households are single parents. Fewer one-person households than in 58% of compared French towns: 34%.

Homes & cars

A lower share of empty homes than 66% of compared French towns, at 5.6%

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

BovesSomme medianFrance median

Main residences93%

Second homes1.6%

Empty5.6%

0%50%100%

Type of home

Boves

Somme median

France median

HousesFlats

Cars per household · share of households

BovesSomme medianFrance median

No car9.6%

One car47%

Two or more43%

0%30%60%

There is little gap on second homes: 1.6%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few households without a car: 9.6% here, fewer than in 56% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Turnover: just over one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 26% have lived in their home 30 years or more.

Income

A typical living standard of €27,890 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.

Median standard of living

€27,890

a year, per consumption unit (2023)

Medians: Somme €22,835 · France €25,970

Poverty rate

8.0%

of residents below 60% of France’s median standard of living

Medians: Somme 17.5% · France 13.0%

Medians of compared communes. Source: INSEE, Filosofi 2023.

Living standards centre on €27,890 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 70% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 8.0%.

Households by occupation

Only 12% of households are headed by a manual worker in Boves

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

BovesSomme medianFrance median

Retired33%

Managers and professionals12%

Intermediate occupations21%

Clerical and service workers15%

Manual workers12%

Craftspeople, shopkeepers, business owners3.6%

Farmers0.7%

Others not working2.4%

0%25%50%

Unemployment rate

9.1%

of economically active residents 15 to 64 (census 2023)

Median of compared communes: 10.1%

Working residents

1,480

aged 15 or older

Work & commute →

Households headed by a retired person: 33% of the total. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.

Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).

Immigrants and foreign nationals

Boves ranks below 86% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.5%

INSEE publishes two measures, which overlap but aren’t the same. Neither is the UK’s “born abroad”.

Immigrants

2.5% of residents

Median of compared communes: 6.5%

Foreign nationals

1.2% of residents

Median of compared communes: 4.3%

Share of residents · census 2023

BovesSomme medianFrance median

Immigrants2.5%

Foreign nationals1.2%

0%5%10%

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 Boves comes in at 1.2%. 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.

Couples

Fewer single residents than 60% of compared French towns: 24%

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

BovesSomme medianFrance median

Married44%

In a civil partnership (PACS)7.3%

Living together, unmarried12%

Single24%

Divorced5.3%

Widowed6.9%

0%25%50%

Higher than in 58% of compared French towns: 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.

Qualifications

Graduates of higher education make up 36% in Boves, more than in 69% 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

BovesSomme medianFrance median

No diploma (or primary certificate)18%

Brevet5.5%

CAP or BEP (vocational)23%

Baccalauréat17%

Bac+213%

Bac+3 or bac+412%

Bac+5 or more11%

0%20%40%

Adults with no qualification come to 18% in Boves, about two in ten. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.

Towns its size

41 French towns of 3,208 to 3,259 people: this is the 11th 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.

Boves 43.3

OrmoyJard-sur-MerRochecorbon

315170

Ormoy is the youngest (32.2); Jard-sur-Mer the oldest (68.1).

Neighbors

Of the 6 towns nearest Boves, 3 are older

The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.

LongueauCamonRiveryAmiensVillers-BretonneuxSalouëlBoves

Under 3838–4444–5050–5656+

Town	Median age	65+	Second homes	Immigrants
Boves	43.3	21%	1.6%	2.5%
Longueau 5,680 · 2.1 mi	44.5	21%	1.3%	6.2%
Camon 4,359 · 3.7 mi	48.1	26%	0.7%	3.2%
Rivery 3,636 · 4.7 mi	45.4	25%	0.8%	6.4%
Amiens 136,449 · 5.2 mi	33.8	16%	2.8%	12%
Villers-Bretonneux 4,647 · 5.9 mi	41	18%	0.6%	1.7%
Salouël 4,179 · 6.4 mi	32.5	19%	1%	3.1%

More about Boves

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How to read these numbers

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 Boves

What is the population of Boves?

3,234 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (3,100).

How old are Boves’ residents?

The median age is 43.3, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.

How many second homes are there in Boves?

25, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.

How many immigrants live in Boves?

INSEE counts 82 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.

What is the median income in Boves?

€27,890 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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