A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 29%
In Bourg-Bruche, 2.8% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: just over a quarter of the total. With a median age of 49.8, Bourg-Bruche is older than 82% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 378 people lived in the town, in 170 households.
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin 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 Bourg-Bruche
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 92 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bourg-Bruche, 29% of its 320 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bourg-Bruche had 440 residents at the 2012 census and 378 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 55 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More empty homes than 98% of compared French towns: 18%
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 16 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Long tenure is the mark of 26% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 4.8% (under two years). At 6.1%, the share of households without a car is lower than in four fifths of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
−14% since 2012: slower than 99% 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
The change was +6% from 2012 to 2017 and −19% from 2017 to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 89% of compared French towns, at 8.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourg-Bruche 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total. As a yardstick, 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: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 31% in Bourg-Bruche, more than in 81% 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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. Bourg-Bruche has more one-person households than 55% of compared French towns, at 36%. Elsewhere, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €23,680 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,680 a year: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Bourg-Bruche: 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 83% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 27% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 86% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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: 1.2%, below 90% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 53%, a higher share than 97% 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
By its share of single residents (23%), Bourg-Bruche is below nearly two thirds of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 76% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Here, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 378 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Bourg-Bruche, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-Bruche | 49.8 | 21% | 29% | 2.6% |
| La Broque 2,625 · 8.3 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 7.5% | 6.9% |
| Sainte-Marie-aux-Mines 4,851 · 8.3 mi | 47.7 | 24% | 7.8% | 11% |
| Saint-Dié-des-Vosges 19,251 · 9.9 mi | 46.5 | 27% | 2.9% | 12% |
| Moyenmoutier 3,134 · 10.5 mi | 49.7 | 27% | 4.5% | 2.4% |
| Fraize 2,843 · 13.5 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 9.6% | 2.2% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 13.6 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 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 Bourg-Bruche
What is the population of Bourg-Bruche?
378 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (440).
How old are Bourg-Bruche’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourg-Bruche?
92, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourg-Bruche?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourg-Bruche?
€23,680 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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