Buoux is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.7
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 2% of households have no car in Buoux. There were 54 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 104 residents. Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Buoux has 5.7%.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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 Buoux
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Buoux, 33% of its 94 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Buoux’s residents are under 57.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Buoux had 118 residents at the 2012 census and 104 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many graduates
52% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 19% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 33% of its homes
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
In the last two years, 4% of households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Empty homes are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Buoux changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, behind 98% 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
The median Vaucluse town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −42% and the next six +53%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 6.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Buoux 57.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Buoux comes in at 35%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
42% women, 58% men
About 71 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 1.9 people on average. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. Buoux has fewer one-person households than 59% of compared French towns, at 33%.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Buoux has 22%. Across the comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker come to 11% locally, about one in ten.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
8.3% of residents are immigrants, more than in 62% 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.
The median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 62% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals: 5.2% of the total.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 49% in Buoux, 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
Compared with other places, single residents are common here: 26%, more than in 57% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Buoux sits above 94% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (52%)
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Buoux comes in at 10%. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 104 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Buoux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buoux | 57.7 | 35% | 33% | 8.3% |
| Apt 10,143 · 3.4 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 9.4% | 14% |
| Gargas 3,035 · 4.7 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Lauris 3,921 · 6.5 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 13% | 5.7% |
| Cadenet 4,363 · 6.8 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 7.3 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron 5,459 · 8.7 mi | 45 | 22% | 3% | 10% |
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 Buoux
What is the population of Buoux?
104 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (118).
How old are Buoux’s residents?
The median age is 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buoux?
31, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buoux?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (5.2%). 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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