Couples with children: 39%, a higher share than 98% of compared French towns
0.4% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Here, 14% of households are headed by a retired person. Fewer households in social housing than in 94% of compared French towns: 3.1%. At the 2023 Census, 564 people lived in Le Bourdet, in 230 households.
Throughout this page, the Deux-Sèvres 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 Le Bourdet
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Bourdet, 11% of its 270 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 ↓
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 6.5% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
3.3% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% 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
The figure for second homes is 11% in Le Bourdet and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. In Le Bourdet, 5.3% of homes stand empty.
Slower growth than 65% of compared French towns: Le Bourdet changed by +1% since 2012
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 Deux-Sèvres town +1%.
13% of residents are 65 or over, below 96% 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
■ Le Bourdet 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Le Bourdet is 41.1, lower than in 72% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. For Le Bourdet, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 10%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Deux-Sèvres 51.4%, France 51.8%.
Only 20% of households are one person living alone in Le Bourdet
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 Deux-Sèvres median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.5 people each. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.5% of households are single parents.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €26,350 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 residents live in households above €26,350 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 82% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.3% of residents are foreign nationals in Le Bourdet. On average, 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.
Le Bourdet ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 17%
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: 50% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 91% of compared French towns: 11%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Le Bourdet. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 564 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Le Bourdet is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bourdet | 41.1 | 13% | 11% | 1.8% |
| Mauzé-sur-le-Mignon 2,941 · 3.3 mi | 47.3 | 28% | 3.9% | 2.8% |
| Frontenay-Rohan-Rohan 2,967 · 4.6 mi | 46.9 | 22% | 2.2% | 4.1% |
| Magné 2,728 · 6.7 mi | 57.7 | 37% | 4.8% | 3.2% |
| Benet 4,089 · 9.2 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Niort 59,854 · 10.2 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 3.3% | 8.5% |
| Surgères 6,897 · 10.6 mi | 52 | 33% | 2.3% | 2.8% |
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 Le Bourdet
What is the population of Le Bourdet?
564 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (558).
How old are Le Bourdet’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Bourdet?
31, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Bourdet?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Bourdet?
€26,350 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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