A median age of 54: Buxeuil is older than 93% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Buxeuil comes in at 6.8%. At the 2023 Census, 887 people lived locally, in 430 households. Households headed by a manual worker: 33% of the total. 0.6% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Buxeuil
An older town
Half of Buxeuil’s residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Buxeuil had 952 residents at the 2012 census and 887 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 93% 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, +4% in Vienne. Here the change came as −1% to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 84% of compared French towns, at 30%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Buxeuil 54. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Buxeuil. As a yardstick, 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: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Only 19% of households are couples with children in Buxeuil
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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households is 37%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2 people on average. On single-parent households, Buxeuil sits lower than just over three fifths of compared French towns: 9.4%.
A larger share of empty homes than 78% of compared French towns: 9.8%
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 14 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Against that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. For Buxeuil, the census puts households without a car at 7%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 8.9% here, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
A median of €23,940 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.
Living standards centre on €23,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 72% of compared French towns.
In Buxeuil, 1.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% 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
Just over two in five households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). By way of comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
1.1% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
0.5% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
Below 65% of compared French towns: 24% of residents 15 and over are single
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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Buxeuil. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Buxeuil sits below 98% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (14%)
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
With adults with no qualification at 26%, Buxeuil is ahead of 83% of compared French towns on that count. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 887 to 2,582
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.
Buxeuil and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Buxeuil | 54 | 30% | 6.8% | 1.1% |
| Descartes 3,369 · 0.9 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 3% | 2.5% |
| Dangé-Saint-Romain 2,959 · 4.5 mi | 51.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
| Sainte-Maure-de-Touraine 4,092 · 9.7 mi | 51 | 33% | 2.4% | 3.9% |
| Châtellerault 31,003 · 12.7 mi | 48.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 8.7% |
| Thuré 2,765 · 13.8 mi | 50 | 27% | 3.7% | 2.4% |
| Naintré 5,964 · 16.9 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 1.2% | 4.7% |
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 Buxeuil
What is the population of Buxeuil?
887 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (952).
How old are Buxeuil’s residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Buxeuil?
36, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Buxeuil?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Buxeuil?
€23,940 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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