Households in social housing: 1.9%, a lower share than 97% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Burie comes in at 8.7%. In 2023, the Census found 1,338 residents locally, living in 610 households. Put another way, about one in 31: 3.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. The town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 91% of compared French towns, at 8.3%.
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.
What stands out about the people of Burie
Empty homes
The census found 93 homes empty (13%): 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 growing town: +5% since 2012, faster than 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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +5% from 2017 to 2023.
Half of Burie is over 46.7, older than 68% 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
■ Burie 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
A quarter of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 32%, a lower share than 67% 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of households are couples with children in Burie. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. Households here average 2.2 people each.
A larger share of empty homes than 90% of compared French towns: 13%
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
Without a car: one household in 14, against 11% in the median compared French town. About one in 19: that is how common second homes are in Burie (5.2%). Fewer households without a car than in 73% of compared French towns: 7%. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A typical living standard of €23,600 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,600 a year: lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 98% of compared French towns: 26%
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: 37% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Burie ranks below 73% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4%
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: 3.5% of the total. Typically, 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.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 63% 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
In Burie, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 21%, a lower share than 81% of compared French towns
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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification in Burie. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,338 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Burie 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burie | 46.7 | 25% | 5.2% | 4% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 3.7 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 7.3 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 7.4 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 8.5 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 10.5 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 12.4 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
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 Burie
What is the population of Burie?
1,338 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,271).
How old are Burie’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Burie?
39, with occasional dwellings: 5.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Burie?
INSEE counts 54 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 47 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Burie?
€23,600 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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