Half of Bazelat is over 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 221 residents and 120 households in Bazelat. About one in two: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Bazelat (48%). Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 17% of households are single parents here.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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 Bazelat
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 71 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bazelat, 34% of its 210 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
Bazelat had 281 residents at the 2012 census and 221 in 2023, down 21%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bazelat’s residents are under 56.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 34%
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
The figure for empty homes is 10% in Bazelat and 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 3.3% of homes are flats. On households without a car, Bazelat sits lower than 69% of compared French towns: 7.6%.
Since 2012, Bazelat has changed by −21%, 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Creuse town −5%. The change was −9% from 2012 to 2017 and −14% from 2017 to 2023.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 36% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bazelat 56.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
In Bazelat, 17% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 84% 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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 1.9 people. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 43%, the share of one-person households is higher than in 80% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €22,210 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.
Half of Bazelat’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,210 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 91% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Bazelat comes in at 17%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 60% of compared French towns, at 5.4%
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Here, 5.9% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 79% of compared French towns: 38%
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
Single residents: just over a quarter of the total. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 38% and 4.5%, and 13% are widowed.
In Bazelat, 15% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 97% 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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 221 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Bazelat is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazelat | 56.1 | 36% | 34% | 5.9% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 7.8 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 16.6 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 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 Bazelat
What is the population of Bazelat?
221 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 21% fewer than in 2012 (281).
How old are Bazelat’s residents?
The median age is 56.1, older than 95% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bazelat?
71, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bazelat?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bazelat?
€22,210 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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