Second homes make up 35% in Bardou, more than in 96% of compared French towns
3% of homes are flats; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. Bardou’s 18 households held 44 residents at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24: 16% of the total. At 11%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 53% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Bardou
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 12 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bardou, 35% of its 34 homes: higher than in 96% 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 ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Bardou (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 21% of residents, against 5.4% for the median compared commune in Dordogne. 23% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 4 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 87% of compared French towns: 12% of homes stand empty
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 50% of compared French towns grew faster than Bardou: +5%
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
Here the change came as +7% to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Bardou ranks above 71% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 26%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bardou 42.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.8, Bardou is younger than three fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Bardou ranks above 88% of compared French towns on couples with children: 33%
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are one person living alone here. In the typical compared French town, 25% of households are couples with children. There are 2.4 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Above 55% of compared French towns: 33% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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 21% in Bardou, more than in 94% 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.
Nearly a quarter of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 94% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
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 88% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married in Bardou. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 84% of compared French towns: 21%
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 figure for adults with no qualification is 17% in Bardou and 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 44 to 2,582 people
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.
Every neighbor is older than Bardou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bardou | 42.8 | 26% | 35% | 21% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 8 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
| Bergerac 27,110 · 13.1 mi | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Eymet 2,569 · 15.1 mi | 61.2 | 42% | 14% | 19% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 16.5 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 16.5 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| Le Bugue 2,663 · 17.3 mi | 61 | 43% | 17% | 7.7% |
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 Bardou
What is the population of Bardou?
44 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (42).
How old are Bardou’s residents?
The median age is 42.8, younger than 60% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bardou?
12, with occasional dwellings: 35% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bardou?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 21% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (23%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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