3.2% of homes are flats, below 98% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bourth. The town’s 590 households held 1,191 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a manager or professional account for 5.7%. At 17%, the share of couples with children is lower than in 84% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Bourth
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 100 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bourth, 14% of its 750 homes: higher than in 90% 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 Bourth’s residents are under 51.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bourth had 1,265 residents at the 2012 census and 1,191 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 14% of its homes
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
Against a figure of 6.7% in the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes in Bourth comes in at 7.8%. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Here, 7.6% of households have no car. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 8.9%, fewer than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
A change of −6% since 2012 leaves Bourth behind 90% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Eure town −1%.
Bourth is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourth 51.6. 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 Bourth comes in at 30%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
12% of households are single parents, a share 81% 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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
37% of households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2 people on average. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €24,520 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 €24,520 a year: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 91% of compared French towns: 44%
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
Compared with other places, households headed by a manual worker are common here: 14%, more than in half of compared French towns. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 74% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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 share of foreign nationals is 3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Roughly four in ten: 42% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 21% 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
In Bourth, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 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.
Ranked by age, 10th 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.
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Bourth
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourth | 51.6 | 30% | 14% | 3.9% |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 7,193 · 5.2 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| Breteuil 4,282 · 6.4 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 9% | 3.2% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 8.2 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Mesnils-sur-Iton 6,078 · 13.1 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 7% | 1.8% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 13.4 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Conches-en-Ouche 4,838 · 14.7 mi | 44.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 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 Bourth
What is the population of Bourth?
1,191 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,265).
How old are Bourth’s residents?
The median age is 51.6, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourth?
100, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourth?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourth?
€24,520 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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