Households without a car: 2.4%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (7.4%), Bournois is below 95% of compared French towns. Its 83 households held 188 residents at the 2023 Census. 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in six. Lower than in 52% of compared French towns: 2% of homes are second homes.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Bournois
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5.9% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 16 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 74% of compared French towns: Bournois 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
Older than 71% of compared French towns: half of Bournois is over 47.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bournois 47.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 26%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
35% of households are couples with children, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.3 people. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. 5.9% of households are single parents, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns.
16% of homes stand empty, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
4.8% of households arrived within the last two years, while 40% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%. The share of flats trails 94% of compared French towns: 5.9%.
Median living standard: €21,950 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €21,950 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
35% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 65% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 80% of compared French towns, at 3.2%
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.
Put another way, about one in 24: 4.2% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bournois sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
In Bournois, 46% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
9.8% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 99% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Bournois. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 188 to 2,582
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.
Around Bournois, 4 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournois | 47.2 | 26% | 2% | 3.2% |
| L'Isle-sur-le-Doubs 2,780 · 5.6 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.4% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 11.1 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Baume-les-Dames 5,155 · 12.2 mi | 48.7 | 29% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Lure 7,877 · 12.8 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 1.9% | 11% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 12.8 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Héricourt 10,621 · 13.3 mi | 45.5 | 24% | 1% | 8.8% |
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 Bournois
What is the population of Bournois?
188 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (190).
How old are Bournois’ residents?
The median age is 47.2, older than 71% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bournois?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bournois?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (4.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bournois?
€21,950 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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