15% of homes in La Bastide-de-Bousignac are second homes
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 2.9% of the total. La Bastide-de-Bousignac had 331 residents in 160 households at the 2023 Census. By its share of flats (8.7%), La Bastide-de-Bousignac is below 89% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 La Bastide-de-Bousignac
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Bastide-de-Bousignac, 15% of its 200 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In La Bastide-de-Bousignac, 4.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 94% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 4.9% of homes stand empty in La Bastide-de-Bousignac. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up just over one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 22%. For comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A change of −2% since 2012 leaves La Bastide-de-Bousignac behind 78% 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, +2% in Ariège.
La Bastide-de-Bousignac ranks below 87% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.6%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Bastide-de-Bousignac 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over; in La Bastide-de-Bousignac, 19%. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are over 46.5, older than in two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 19% of households are couples with children
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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 42%, above 77% of compared French towns. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2 people each.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,320 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.
Living standards centre on €23,320 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
La Bastide-de-Bousignac sits above 91% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (43%)
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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households are headed by a manager or professional in La Bastide-de-Bousignac. Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 82% of compared French towns. Households headed by a retired person make up 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In La Bastide-de-Bousignac, 9.5% of residents are immigrants, more than in 68% 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 Ariège has 9.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 68% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. About one in 14: that is how common foreign nationals are in La Bastide-de-Bousignac (7.4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of married residents than 89% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Here 27% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
La Bastide-de-Bousignac ranks below 53% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 18%
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
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 331 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.
La Bastide-de-Bousignac sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bastide-de-Bousignac | 46.5 | 19% | 15% | 9.5% |
| Mirepoix 3,172 · 2.5 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 13% | 10% |
| Lavelanet 5,987 · 8.7 mi | 54.4 | 33% | 12% | 14% |
| La Tour-du-Crieu 3,230 · 12.2 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 12.9 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 13.3 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 14.3 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
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 La Bastide-de-Bousignac
What is the population of La Bastide-de-Bousignac?
331 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (338).
How old are La Bastide-de-Bousignac’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 67% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Bastide-de-Bousignac?
31, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Bastide-de-Bousignac?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.5% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (7.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Bastide-de-Bousignac?
€23,320 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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