Older than 95% of compared French towns: half of Bonnat is over 55.5
Flats: 6.8%, below 92% of compared French towns. Here, 3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM). Bonnat has fewer couples with children than 74% of compared French towns, at 20%. In 2023, the Census found 1,357 residents in the town, living in 620 households.
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 Bonnat
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bonnat, 16% of its 880 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Bonnat’s residents are under 55.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 110 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.
16% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% 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
One household in 12 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. At 13%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 91% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Here, nearly one in ten households have no car.
Bonnat changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, 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
In two steps, +1% to 2017 and +3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Creuse.
More residents aged 65 and over than 94% of compared French towns: 35%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bonnat 55.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.2% here and 11% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of single-parent households than 70% of compared French towns, at 8.8%
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
The typical household size is 2.1 people. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Across Bonnat, 36% of households are one person living alone.
Standard of living at the median: €22,930 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 €22,930 a year: lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 43%
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Bonnat, 12%. What’s more, households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 67% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bonnat sits below 71% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.3%)
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.
Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.8% in Bonnat. The wider picture: 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.
Fewer single residents than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Bonnat, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 20% in Bonnat, less than in 86% 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
More adults with no qualification than in 54% of compared French towns: 20%. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 5th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
A younger town than 1 of the 3 around it: Bonnat
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnat | 55.5 | 35% | 16% | 4.3% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 10.6 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 11.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 17.9 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
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 Bonnat
What is the population of Bonnat?
1,357 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,300).
How old are Bonnat’s residents?
The median age is 55.5, older than 95% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bonnat?
140, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bonnat?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bonnat?
€22,930 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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