Bords ranks below 98% of compared French towns on flats: 3.5%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Bords had 1,375 residents in 620 households at the 2023 census. On the census count, 3.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. In Bords, 5.9% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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.
A change of +4% since 2012 leaves Bords behind 52% 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 median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +2% and the next six +2%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 84% of compared French towns, at 8.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bords 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 24%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. The median age in Bords is 45.7, higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are one person living alone, below 82% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Bords has more couples with children than 65% of compared French towns, at 28%. 8.2% of households are single parents, against 10% in the typical compared French town.
5.3% of homes are second homes, a share 78% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 8.9% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 19%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. More empty homes than in just over two thirds of compared French towns: 8.4%. Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A median of €23,570 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.
At €23,570 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 19%, a higher share than 78% 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 share of households headed by a retired person is 35%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.1% of residents are immigrants, below 90% 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 Charente-Maritime has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. For Bords, the census puts foreign nationals at 1.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
21% of residents 15 and over are single, below 86% 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
Across Bords, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 88% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
With adults with no qualification at 21%, Bords is ahead of 63% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,375 to 2,582 people), the 21st 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 5 of 6 towns have older populations than Bords
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bords | 45.7 | 24% | 5.3% | 2.1% |
| Tonnay-Charente 8,289 · 6.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Échillais 3,765 · 7.9 mi | 50.1 | 29% | 2.3% | 2% |
| Saint-Agnant 2,780 · 8.2 mi | 48.3 | 25% | 3.5% | 1.5% |
| Rochefort 23,460 · 9.1 mi | 50.7 | 30% | 11% | 6.6% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 9.6 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Soubise 3,316 · 10.7 mi | 32.5 | 20% | 3.2% | 1.8% |
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 Bords
What is the population of Bords?
1,375 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,318).
How old are Bords’ residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bords?
38, with occasional dwellings: 5.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bords?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bords?
€23,570 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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