More second homes than 95% of compared French towns: 31%
Here 6% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Census day 2023: 670 residents and 310 households in Bourdeaux. 9.2% of households are headed by a manual worker. At 16%, the share of flats is lower than in 76% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Bourdeaux
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 160 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bourdeaux, 31% of its 510 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% 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 Bourdeaux’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Bourdeaux, 8.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 68% 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
One household in 10 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Few places have as many empty homes: 7.4% here, more than in 58% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Bourdeaux grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 66% 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 Drôme town +8%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +6%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Bourdeaux is over 53
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourdeaux 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 33% of residents are 65 or over in Bourdeaux.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 42%, a higher share than 76% 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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2 people each. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. On couples with children, Bourdeaux sits lower than 72% of compared French towns: 21%. At 9.6%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,630 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 median standard of living in Bourdeaux is €22,630 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Above 65% of compared French towns: 35% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Bourdeaux, 11%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bourdeaux: 5.5% of residents are foreign nationals, above 60% 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.
The median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 55% of compared French towns. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Locally, 5.9% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Bourdeaux, 36% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 86% 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
24% of residents 15 and over are single, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Bourdeaux ranks above 66% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 35%
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 census found that a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in Bourdeaux. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (670 to 2,582 people), the 7th oldest
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.
Median age: 2 of the 6 towns around Bourdeaux are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourdeaux | 53 | 33% | 31% | 5.9% |
| Dieulefit 3,289 · 5.5 mi | 58 | 39% | 18% | 7.2% |
| Aouste-sur-Sye 2,733 · 9.8 mi | 46 | 24% | 3.7% | 4% |
| Crest 8,658 · 11.4 mi | 46.7 | 28% | 3.9% | 6.5% |
| Nyons 6,816 · 15.6 mi | 60.6 | 43% | 17% | 9.9% |
| Valréas 9,224 · 15.8 mi | 49.4 | 30% | 4.6% | 14% |
| Montboucher-sur-Jabron 2,592 · 16.4 mi | 45.1 | 22% | 3.7% | 5.2% |
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 Bourdeaux
What is the population of Bourdeaux?
670 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (616).
How old are Bourdeaux’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourdeaux?
160, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourdeaux?
INSEE counts 40 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.9% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (5.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourdeaux?
€22,630 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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