Bouqueval is younger than 95% of compared French towns: a median age of 35.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 314 residents in 120 households. Just over a fifth of households are headed by a manager or professional. Empty homes: 12%, above 88% of compared French towns.
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 Bouqueval
A young town
Half of Bouqueval’s residents are under 35.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 4.5% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Bouqueval (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 16% for the median compared commune in Val-d'Oise. 6.5% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bouqueval had 332 residents at the 2012 census and 314 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Bouqueval has changed by −5%, slower than 89% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −8%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Val-d'Oise town +8%.
Bouqueval sits below 77% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouqueval 35.7. The median compared French town: 44.
9.3% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 35% 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 Val-d'Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 4.5% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 29% of households are one person living alone.
Bouqueval ranks below 75% of compared French towns on households without a car: 6.7%
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 15 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Flats make up about one in four here (25%). Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A median of €27,880 a year per consumption unit
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.
Half of Bouqueval’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,880 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
In Bouqueval, 27% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 78% 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
The census found that 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in Bouqueval. Just over a fifth of the town’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 27% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Bouqueval, 18% of residents are immigrants, more than in 91% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (6.5%), Bouqueval is above 67% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 53%, a higher share than 98% 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
Here 31% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 26% in Bouqueval, more than in 81% 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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 314 to 2,582 people
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 Bouqueval (35.7), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Bouqueval sits below 2 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouqueval | 35.7 | 18% | 0% | 18% |
| Goussainville 31,301 · 1.8 mi | 34.4 | 12% | 3.3% | 34% |
| Villiers-le-Bel 30,053 · 1.8 mi | 32.3 | 10% | 0.7% | 36% |
| Gonesse 27,707 · 2.2 mi | 35 | 13% | 0.9% | 29% |
| Écouen 7,202 · 2.2 mi | 39 | 14% | 0.5% | 14% |
| Le Thillay 4,560 · 2.4 mi | 38.5 | 16% | 1.3% | 23% |
| Arnouville 15,023 · 2.6 mi | 35.3 | 14% | 1% | 33% |
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 Bouqueval
What is the population of Bouqueval?
314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (332).
How old are Bouqueval’s residents?
The median age is 35.7, younger than 95% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouqueval?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouqueval?
INSEE counts 57 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (6.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouqueval?
€27,880 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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