Bouffémont sits above 97% of compared French towns for couples with children (38%)
With empty homes at 3.6%, Bouffémont is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count. By contrast, 14% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 93% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 6,593 residents in 2,410 households. On the census count, 0.5% of homes are second homes.
Throughout this page, the Val-d'Oise 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 Bouffémont
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 13% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 1,100 immigrants in Bouffémont (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 16% for the median compared commune in Val-d'Oise. 11% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bouffémont’s population changed by +9% since 2012, more than in 68% 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, +8% in Val-d'Oise.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 15% in Bouffémont, less than in 89% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouffémont 39.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bouffémont’s residents are under 39.3, younger than in 83% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Bouffémont ranks below 93% of compared French towns on one-person households: 26%
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 Val-d'Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Bouffémont has 13%. Average household size: 2.6 people. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Bouffémont: 25% of households rent social housing (HLM), above 87% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of homes are flats in Bouffémont. On average, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Households without a car are more common here than in 56% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €28,880 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.
At €28,880 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 78% of compared French towns. Some 11.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
25% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 83% 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 manager or professional make up 16%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. In Bouffémont, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Bouffémont, 16% of residents are immigrants, more than in 88% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 11%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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.
Single residents make up 33% in Bouffémont, more than in 87% 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
Married residents account for 42%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
41% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 82% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 adults with no qualification trails 70% of compared French towns: 15%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Ranked by age, 5th 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.
Chasse-sur-Rhône is the youngest (36.3); Le Lavandou the oldest (58.5).
Around Bouffémont, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bouffémont
What is the population of Bouffémont?
6,593 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (6,022).
How old are Bouffémont’s residents?
The median age is 39.3, younger than 83% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouffémont?
12, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouffémont?
INSEE counts 1,080 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 730 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouffémont?
€28,880 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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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