Bressolles sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1%)
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Bressolles. There were 490 households in the town at the 2023 Census, home to 1,143 residents. Roughly two in ten: just over a fifth of households are one person living alone. This Allier town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.7%.
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.
+12% since 2012, a pace 75% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 +9%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Allier town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
Older than 84% of compared French towns: half of Bressolles is over 50.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bressolles 50.4. The median compared French town: 44.
26% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
Bressolles sits below 88% of compared French towns for single-parent households (7.2%)
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 27% of households are couples with children here. Single-parent households make up 10% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.3 people on average.
Fewer households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 4.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 35%. 5.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 64% of compared French towns. Typically, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Little separates the share of second homes here, 2.1%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
€28,830 a year is the median standard of living here
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 Bressolles is €28,830 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 77% of compared French towns.
Bressolles sits above 88% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (42%)
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
About one in ten: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Bressolles (10%). Fewer households headed by a manual worker than in 55% of compared French towns: 13%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.4% of residents are immigrants in Bressolles
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.1%, below 93% of compared French towns. That is lower than in 88% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Allier has 4.6%. To put it in context, 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.
13% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% 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
With married residents at 60%, Bressolles is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 81% of compared French towns, at 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
Put another way, about one in three: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 1,143 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th 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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 4 are older than Bressolles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bressolles | 50.4 | 26% | 2.1% | 2.4% |
| Moulins 19,206 · 2.3 mi | 43.9 | 25% | 4.3% | 9.9% |
| Yzeure 12,897 · 2.9 mi | 49.8 | 27% | 2.4% | 6.4% |
| Avermes 4,074 · 4.1 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Varennes-sur-Allier 3,549 · 15.3 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 0.9% | 9.6% |
| Saint-Pourçain-sur-Sioule 4,884 · 15.5 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 3.1% | 2% |
| Dompierre-sur-Besbre 2,959 · 17.5 mi | 54.3 | 34% | 4.5% | 4.6% |
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 Bressolles
What is the population of Bressolles?
1,143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,023).
How old are Bressolles’ residents?
The median age is 50.4, older than 84% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bressolles?
11, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bressolles?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bressolles?
€28,830 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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