Half of Buhy is under 36.9, younger than 92% of compared French towns
0.7% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up about one in 11 here (9.2%). Higher than in 78% of compared French towns: 9.8% of homes stand empty. There were 130 households in Buhy at the 2023 Census, home to 329 residents.
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 Buhy
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Buhy’s residents are under 36.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 12% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 52% of compared French towns: Buhy changed by +4% since 2012
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +3%, then +1% to 2023. Over those years, the median Val-d'Oise town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Buhy 36.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 6.9% in Buhy. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Val-d'Oise 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 36% 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
The typical household size is 2.6 people. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: nearly a quarter of households are one person living alone. Buhy has more single-parent households than 78% of compared French towns, at 12%.
Households without a car make up 6.5% in Buhy, less than in 77% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,710 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €28,710 a year: higher than in 76% of compared French towns.
In Buhy, 24% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 86% 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 figure for households headed by a manual worker is 12% in Buhy and 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 63% of compared French towns. On average, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Buhy: 5.9% of residents are immigrants
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.
The median compared commune in Val-d'Oise has 16%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up about one in 19 here (5.2%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 53% of residents 15 and over are married
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: 20%, below 90% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 62% 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
28% of Buhy’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 17% have no diploma (19%).
The youngest of 41 French towns of 329 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.
Ages run from 36.9 in Buhy to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Buhy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buhy | 36.9 | 12% | 9.2% | 5.9% |
| Magny-en-Vexin 5,779 · 4.9 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Vexin-sur-Epte 6,015 · 5.5 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 12% | 3.8% |
| Gisors 12,410 · 6.5 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.2% |
| Gasny 3,062 · 8.7 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 2% | 4.8% |
| Étrépagny 3,670 · 8.7 mi | 47.8 | 24% | 1.5% | 5.2% |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin 3,338 · 9.5 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.4% | 7.5% |
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 Buhy
What is the population of Buhy?
329 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (315).
How old are Buhy’s residents?
The median age is 36.9, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buhy?
14, with occasional dwellings: 9.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buhy?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Buhy?
€28,710 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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