A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.9%
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Bussière-Saint-Georges comes in at 16%. At the 2023 Census, 262 people lived in the town, in 130 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 make up about one in 11 here (9.2%). Households without a car are rarer here than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
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 Bussière-Saint-Georges
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 43 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bussière-Saint-Georges, 20% of its 210 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Empty homes
The census found 41 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Bussière-Saint-Georges’ residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes: 19%, a higher share than 99% 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
A fifth of homes are second homes (Creuse median 5.3%, France median 2.1%) and 19% are empty (6.7%). Here, 4.6% of households rent social housing (HLM).
From 2012 to 2023, Bussière-Saint-Georges outgrew 61% of compared French towns: +7%
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 Creuse town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six +2%.
Bussière-Saint-Georges is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bussière-Saint-Georges 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Bussière-Saint-Georges, 34% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 40%, a higher share than 69% 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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 8% of households are single parents here. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. There are 2 people in the average household.
Median standard of living: €21,000 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.
At €21,000 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
Above 69% of compared French towns: 36% of households are headed by a retired person
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
Compared with 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker here. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 32% 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).
Immigrants make up 14% in Bussière-Saint-Georges, more than in 84% of compared French towns
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Bussière-Saint-Georges has 12%. By way of comparison, 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 married residents than 51% of compared French towns: 43%
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
On the census count, 25% of residents 15 and over are single.
Bussière-Saint-Georges ranks below 89% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 19%
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
The share of adults with no qualification tops just over two thirds of compared French towns: 23%. 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 (262 to 2,582 people), the 9th 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.
Of the 2 towns nearest Bussière-Saint-Georges, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bussière-Saint-Georges
What is the population of Bussière-Saint-Georges?
262 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (244).
How old are Bussière-Saint-Georges’ residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bussière-Saint-Georges?
43, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bussière-Saint-Georges?
INSEE counts 37 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 32 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bussière-Saint-Georges?
€21,000 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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