Bourbon-l'Archambault is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.2
Households in social housing make up 5.7%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. Bourbon-l'Archambault is home to 2,494 residents in 1,180 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 45% here. One-person households are more common here than in 85% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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 Bourbon-l'Archambault
One home in 10 is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bourbon-l'Archambault, 10% of its 1,630 homes: higher than in 88% of compared French towns. 64% 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 Bourbon-l'Archambault’s residents are under 57.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 38% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 280 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 17%
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, 30% of homes are flats; in Bourbon-l'Archambault, 24%. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 10% of homes are second homes. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households without a car make up about one in eight here (12%).
Slower growth than 80% of compared French towns: Bourbon-l'Archambault changed by −3% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Allier town, the change came in two steps: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then −3% to 2023.
Bourbon-l'Archambault ranks above 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 38%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourbon-l'Archambault 57.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 6.7%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Bourbon-l'Archambault, 15% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 90% 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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
With single-parent households at 9%, Bourbon-l'Archambault is behind nearly two thirds of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 1.9 people.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,500 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.
The median standard of living in Bourbon-l'Archambault is €24,500 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 66% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 16.0% of the population.
Bourbon-l'Archambault ranks below 87% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 8.1%
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
In Bourbon-l'Archambault, 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, beside 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.9% in Bourbon-l'Archambault, less than in 64% 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.
Here, 4.6% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
36% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 86% 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
Nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
29% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 89% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest 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.
No nearby town is as old as Bourbon-l'Archambault
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bourbon-l'Archambault
What is the population of Bourbon-l'Archambault?
2,494 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (2,561).
How old are Bourbon-l'Archambault’s residents?
The median age is 57.2, older than 97% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 38% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourbon-l'Archambault?
160, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourbon-l'Archambault?
INSEE counts 120 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourbon-l'Archambault?
€24,500 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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