Bourrou ranks below 99% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 5.3%
With households headed by a retired person at 21%, Bourrou is behind 93% of compared French towns on that count. On flats, Bourrou sits lower than 98% of compared French towns: 3%. 139 residents in 65 households: that is Bourrou at the 2023 Census. Across Bourrou, 2.8% of households have no car.
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 Bourrou
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bourrou, 24% of its 91 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 24%
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. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. About one in 23: that is how common empty homes are in Bourrou (4.3%).
+4% since 2012: slower than 54% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Dordogne town −1%.
Younger than 76% of compared French towns: half of Bourrou is under 40.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourrou 40.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 20%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 88% of compared French towns: 7.1%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. To put it in context, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 68% of compared French towns. With one-person households at 36%, Bourrou is ahead of 53% of compared French towns on that count.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,280 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 €24,280 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
Bourrou sits above 74% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (14%)
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
On households headed by a manual worker, Bourrou sits higher than 53% of compared French towns: 14%. The wider picture: 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.3% of Bourrou’s 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 14: that is how common immigrants are in Bourrou (7.3%). That is higher than in 55% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. At 4.6%, the share of foreign nationals is in line with 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.
In Bourrou, 29% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 73% of compared French towns
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
Census figures put married residents at 43% in Bourrou. Across the comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Above 80% of compared French towns: 40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 14% in Bourrou and 19% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 139 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
No nearby town is as young as Bourrou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourrou | 40.5 | 20% | 24% | 7.3% |
| Neuvic 3,687 · 7.6 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 7.6% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Astier 5,376 · 7.9 mi | 53.2 | 33% | 7% | 3.4% |
| Sanilhac 4,757 · 8.1 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.1% | 5.4% |
| Marsac-sur-l'Isle 3,187 · 9.4 mi | 46.7 | 22% | 2.7% | 5.4% |
| Coulounieix-Chamiers 7,832 · 9.8 mi | 48.3 | 28% | 2.2% | 9.5% |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 11.1 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
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 Bourrou
What is the population of Bourrou?
139 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (134).
How old are Bourrou’s residents?
The median age is 40.5, younger than 76% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourrou?
22, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourrou?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourrou?
€24,280 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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