Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Bonnes is over 57.3
3.7% of households have no car; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 98% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 364 residents and 190 households in Bonnes. Across Bonnes, 1.5% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Bonnes
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 110 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bonnes, 37% of its 300 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 92% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Bonnes (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 21% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
An older town
Half of Bonnes’ residents are under 57.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bonnes had 395 residents at the 2012 census and 364 in 2023, down 8%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
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
0.6% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put flats at 6.5% in Bonnes.
From 2012 to 2023, 94% of compared French towns grew faster than Bonnes: −8%
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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Charente town +1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, −10%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns, at 37%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bonnes 57.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Bonnes, 6.9%. Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Fewer couples with children than 83% of compared French towns: 18%
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 41% in Bonnes. Across the comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 1.9 people in the average household.
€22,620 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Half of residents live in households above €22,620 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 85% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 61%, a higher share than 99% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (5.2%), Bonnes is below 84% of compared French towns. On top of that, the town has fewer households headed by a manual worker than 88% of compared French towns, at 7.9%. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 95% of compared French towns: 23% of residents are immigrants
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 has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 95% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Across Bonnes, just over a fifth of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bonnes sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
Married residents: 49%, above 89% of compared French towns. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 60% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 5th oldest of 41 French towns of 364 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as old as Bonnes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnes | 57.3 | 37% | 37% | 23% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 9.2 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 9.3 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 5.8% |
| Montpon-Ménestérol 5,866 · 15.6 mi | 56.2 | 35% | 3.5% | 4.1% |
| Saint-Seurin-sur-l'Isle 3,167 · 17.3 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.5% | 5.1% |
| Mussidan 2,771 · 17.7 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 3.9% | 5.1% |
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 Bonnes
What is the population of Bonnes?
364 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% fewer than in 2012 (395).
How old are Bonnes’ residents?
The median age is 57.3, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bonnes?
110, with occasional dwellings: 37% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bonnes?
INSEE counts 83 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 78 foreign nationals (21%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bonnes?
€22,620 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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