Bor-et-Bar is older than 94% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.9
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Bor-et-Bar is home to 206 residents in 110 households, by the 2023 Census. 4.6% of homes are flats, or about one in 22. Single-parent households make up 4.4%, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Bor-et-Bar
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 68 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bor-et-Bar, 32% of its 210 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Bor-et-Bar’s residents are under 54.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 35 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 higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 32%
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
Here 17% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Few places have so few households without a car: 7.9% here, fewer than in two thirds of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A +8% change since 2012: Bor-et-Bar grew faster than 64% 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, +1% in Aveyron. Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then +6% to 2023.
Bor-et-Bar sits below 92% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bor-et-Bar 54.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 29% of residents are 65 or over here. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
In Bor-et-Bar, 12% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 97% 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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households tops 87% of compared French towns: 46%. The average household has 1.9 people. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
Median standard of living: €19,490 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 Bor-et-Bar is €19,490 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 98% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 50%, a higher share than 97% 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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%. In Bor-et-Bar, 4.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 12%, a higher share than 77% 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.
With foreign nationals at 9.9%, Bor-et-Bar is ahead of 81% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 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.
Single residents: 27%, a higher share than 65% 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
On married residents, Bor-et-Bar sits lower than 59% of compared French towns: 42%. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school have no 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
In Bor-et-Bar, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (206 to 2,582 people), the 7th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bor-et-Bar 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bor-et-Bar | 54.9 | 29% | 32% | 12% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 10.9 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 11 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 11.7 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 15.1 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 17.1 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Arthès 2,528 · 17.7 mi | 49.2 | 25% | 0.9% | 3.9% |
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 Bor-et-Bar
What is the population of Bor-et-Bar?
206 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (190).
How old are Bor-et-Bar’s residents?
The median age is 54.9, older than 94% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bor-et-Bar?
68, with occasional dwellings: 32% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bor-et-Bar?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (9.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bor-et-Bar?
€19,490 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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