More couples with children than 94% of compared French towns: 36%
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 5% of households have no car in Bouafle. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 17% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Bouafle was home to 2,234 people in 910 households. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 7.7% here.
Throughout this page, the Yvelines 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 Bouafle
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 9.4% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Bouafle has grown +7%, faster than 58% 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, +7% in Yvelines. Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then +4% to 2023.
Bouafle is younger than 78% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouafle 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 29% in Bouafle, less than in 82% of compared French towns
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 Yvelines median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.5 people each. 9.4% of households are single parents, fewer than in 60% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
1.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 97% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Bouafle has 16%. As a reference point, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 53: 1.9% of homes are second homes.
The median resident lives on €31,750 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 residents live in households above €31,750 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 91% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 8.0% of residents.
Bouafle: 25% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 94% 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 retired person is 27% in Bouafle and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 82% of compared French towns: 10% of residents are foreign nationals
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 figure for immigrants is 12% in Bouafle and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yvelines has 15%. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Bouafle. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Above 72% of compared French towns: 37% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
On the census count, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bouafle is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouafle | 40.2 | 17% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Ecquevilly 4,279 · 1.4 mi | 37.4 | 15% | 1.3% | 17% |
| Les Mureaux 34,632 · 1.6 mi | 34.3 | 14% | 0.8% | 34% |
| Aubergenville 12,723 · 2.1 mi | 36.8 | 13% | 0.7% | 18% |
| Hardricourt 2,599 · 2.9 mi | 38.7 | 16% | 3.7% | 15% |
| Meulan-en-Yvelines 8,950 · 3 mi | 38.3 | 16% | 1% | 20% |
| Juziers 4,065 · 3.1 mi | 39.8 | 17% | 12% | 12% |
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 Bouafle
What is the population of Bouafle?
2,234 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (2,092).
How old are Bouafle’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouafle?
19, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouafle?
INSEE counts 260 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouafle?
€31,750 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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