Bourseul ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 1.1%
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Bourseul, 2.5%. The 2023 Census counted 1,277 residents in 510 households. 2.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 45. Higher than in 88% of compared French towns: 42% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Bourseul
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 71 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bourseul, 12% of its 610 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 12% in Bourseul, more than in 89% of compared French towns
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 10% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 29%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 4.9%, fewer than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Bourseul has grown +14%, faster than 79% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then +12% to 2023. Over those years, the median Côtes-d'Armor town changed +3% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 43.1: Bourseul is younger than 57% 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
■ Bourseul 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 10% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bourseul. On residents aged 65 and over, Bourseul sits lower than 52% of compared French towns: 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%.
Bourseul ranks below 87% of compared French towns on one-person households: 27%
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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Compared with other places, couples with children are common here: 30%, more than in 77% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The share of single-parent households trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 7.8%.
€24,040 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €24,040 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns, at 2.9%
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 manual worker (20%), Bourseul is above just over four fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns: 3.3%
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 Côtes-d'Armor has 2.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns. In Bourseul, 2.4% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
48% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 82% 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
The share of single residents is 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
At 19%, the share of adults with no qualification is higher than in 51% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,277 to 2,582 people), the 12th youngest
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).
5 of 6 neighbors are older than Bourseul
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourseul | 43.1 | 22% | 12% | 3.3% |
| Val-d'Arguenon 2,844 · 2.9 mi | 49.3 | 26% | 10% | 1.4% |
| Plancoët 3,104 · 3.3 mi | 53.3 | 33% | 6.8% | 2.3% |
| Jugon-les-Lacs 2,541 · 5.9 mi | 42 | 21% | 20% | 3.6% |
| Trélivan 2,865 · 8.3 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Quévert 3,955 · 8.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 3.2% | 2.7% |
| Beaussais-sur-Mer 4,498 · 8.6 mi | 47.5 | 29% | 16% | 2.2% |
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 Bourseul
What is the population of Bourseul?
1,277 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (1,123).
How old are Bourseul’s residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourseul?
71, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourseul?
INSEE counts 42 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 31 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourseul?
€24,040 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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