Bourg-lès-Valence: 52% of homes are flats, above 77% of compared French towns
21% of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%). Bourg-lès-Valence had 19,992 residents in 9,430 households at the 2023 census. Across Bourg-lès-Valence, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker. At 13%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 63% 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.
Bourg-lès-Valence changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 55% 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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then ±0% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +8% in Drôme.
A median age of 43.2: Bourg-lès-Valence is younger than 56% 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
■ Bourg-lès-Valence 43.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 11%. At 22%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Bourg-lès-Valence, 40% of households are one person living alone, more than in 69% 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
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are single parents here. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.1 people.
Only 1.1% of homes are second homes in Bourg-lès-Valence
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
Put another way, about one in 16: 6.3% of homes stand empty. Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in Bourg-lès-Valence.
A typical living standard of €24,730 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 €24,730 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 63% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 17.0%.
The largest group of households: retired (32%)
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
For Bourg-lès-Valence, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 9.3%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 11% in Bourg-lès-Valence, more than in 76% 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.
7.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 67% of compared French towns: 28%
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 Bourg-lès-Valence, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
20% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 56% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Roughly three in ten: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 19,365 to 20,665 people, the 19th 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.
Denain is the youngest (34); Royan the oldest (64.5).
Bourg-lès-Valence and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-lès-Valence | 43.2 | 22% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Valence 64,458 · 1.7 mi | 40.5 | 22% | 3.3% | 17% |
| Guilherand-Granges 11,235 · 1.8 mi | 49 | 31% | 2.3% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Marcel-lès-Valence 6,176 · 3 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 0.9% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Péray 7,580 · 3 mi | 47.6 | 25% | 1.6% | 3.3% |
| Pont-de-l'Isère 3,681 · 4 mi | 38.6 | 18% | 1.3% | 5.6% |
| Malissard 3,294 · 4.5 mi | 49.8 | 26% | 1.5% | 4.1% |
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 Bourg-lès-Valence
What is the population of Bourg-lès-Valence?
19,992 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (19,305).
How old are Bourg-lès-Valence’s residents?
The median age is 43.2, younger than 56% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourg-lès-Valence?
120, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourg-lès-Valence?
INSEE counts 2,300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 1,460 foreign nationals (7.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourg-lès-Valence?
€24,730 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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