Les Bordes-sur-Arize is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 55
4.6% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). At 5.5%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 460 residents in Les Bordes-sur-Arize, living in 270 households. Census figures put households without a car at 9.8% locally.
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 Les Bordes-sur-Arize
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Les Bordes-sur-Arize, 12% of its 330 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Les Bordes-sur-Arize had 525 residents at the 2012 census and 460 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Les Bordes-sur-Arize’s residents are under 55 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
49% of Les Bordes-sur-Arize’s households are one person: higher than in 92% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Les Bordes-sur-Arize, 12% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% 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
One household in 10 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 12% (under two years). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A −12% change since 2012: slower than 98% 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
In two steps, −1% to 2017 and −11% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +2% in Ariège.
In Les Bordes-sur-Arize, 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Les Bordes-sur-Arize 55. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 29%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Les Bordes-sur-Arize, 12% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 98% 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
With one-person households at 49%, Les Bordes-sur-Arize is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count. The town has more single-parent households than 78% of compared French towns, at 12%. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.7 people each.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €20,700 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 midpoint of living standards here is €20,700 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 38%, a higher share than 76% 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 manual worker is 11% in Les Bordes-sur-Arize and 14% in the typical compared French town. 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).
Immigrants make up 4.2% in Les Bordes-sur-Arize, less than in 71% 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.
2.7% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Les Bordes-sur-Arize, 36% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 88% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 30% of residents 15 and over are single here. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Only 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Les Bordes-sur-Arize
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Les Bordes-sur-Arize. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 6th oldest of 41 French towns of 460 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Les Bordes-sur-Arize
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Les Bordes-sur-Arize | 55 | 29% | 12% | 4.2% |
| Montesquieu-Volvestre 3,050 · 9.6 mi | 51.1 | 28% | 6.5% | 5.1% |
| Pamiers 16,473 · 12.7 mi | 39.8 | 21% | 2.7% | 13% |
| Saint-Jean-du-Falga 2,851 · 13.2 mi | 50 | 30% | 1.8% | 7.6% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 13.3 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Saverdun 4,808 · 13.7 mi | 44 | 21% | 2.4% | 7.3% |
| Varilhes 3,487 · 14 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.7% | 4.1% |
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 Les Bordes-sur-Arize
What is the population of Les Bordes-sur-Arize?
460 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (525).
How old are Les Bordes-sur-Arize’s residents?
The median age is 55, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Les Bordes-sur-Arize?
39, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Les Bordes-sur-Arize?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Les Bordes-sur-Arize?
€20,700 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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