A median age of 54.6: Bourdeilles is older than 93% of compared French towns
By its share of households in social housing (4.2%), Bourdeilles is below 90% of compared French towns. The town counted 785 residents and 290 households at the 2023 Census. Across Bourdeilles, 43% of households are headed by a retired person. At 1.4%, the share of flats is lower than in 99% 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 Bourdeilles
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 140 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bourdeilles, 28% of its 490 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Bourdeilles’ residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 58 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.
Bourdeilles: 28% of homes are second homes, above 95% 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
Turnover: nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago, and 19% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Bourdeilles has more empty homes than 88% of compared French towns, at 12%. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 8.1%, below 66% of compared French towns.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 58% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Dordogne.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.4% in Bourdeilles, less than in 98% 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
■ Bourdeilles 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 22% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over in Bourdeilles comes in at 34%. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Single-parent households make up 12% in Bourdeilles, more than in 80% 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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 22% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. In Bourdeilles, 37% of households are one person living alone. Across the comparison, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €21,650 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 €21,650 a year: lower than in 90% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 76% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Bourdeilles has 6.9%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bourdeilles: 6.2% of residents are immigrants
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.
About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Bourdeilles (6.2%). That is lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. Foreign nationals: 4.3%, near enough the figure 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.
More single residents than 86% of compared French towns: 32%
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
37% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Bourdeilles, 27% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 85% 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 29% in Bourdeilles. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
Ranked by age, 7th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Bourdeilles
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourdeilles | 54.6 | 34% | 28% | 6.2% |
| Brantôme en Périgord 3,763 · 4.1 mi | 53.9 | 33% | 16% | 5.2% |
| Chancelade 4,468 · 8.8 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 2.5% | 4.4% |
| Champcevinel 3,126 · 10.3 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 10.3 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 2.7% | 5.4% |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers 7,832 · 11.3 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Périgueux 29,055 · 11.4 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 5.4% | 9.1% |
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 Bourdeilles
What is the population of Bourdeilles?
785 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (763).
How old are Bourdeilles’ residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourdeilles?
140, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourdeilles?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.2% of residents, and 34 foreign nationals (4.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourdeilles?
€21,650 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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