Only 2.3% of households have no car in Balizac
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Balizac had 520 residents in 220 households at the 2023 census. Locally, 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24. Empty homes: 4.1%, below 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Balizac
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 6.8% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +10% since 2012, faster than 69% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Gironde town changed +16% and the median compared French town +5%.
Balizac ranks below 76% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 18%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Balizac 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 44.3, Balizac is older than 52% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are couples with children, more than in 89% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Balizac, 6.8%. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. There are 2.4 people in the average household. One-person households are rarer here than in 93% of compared French towns.
Second homes: 6.5%, a higher share than 82% 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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 6.4% moved in during the last two years and 14% have stayed three decades or more.
A median of €25,940 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €25,940 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
27% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% 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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Balizac has 11%. Add to that, at 37%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 72% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 3.1% of residents are immigrants in Balizac
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 Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 81% of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. The census found that 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Balizac.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 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
With married residents at 46%, Balizac is ahead of 74% of compared French towns on that count. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 74% 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
27% of Balizac’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 15% have no diploma (19%).
Ranked by age, 16th youngest 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Balizac is younger than 4 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Balizac | 44.3 | 18% | 6.5% | 3.1% |
| Toulenne 2,881 · 10 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Langon 7,674 · 10.5 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Bazas 4,854 · 11.8 mi | 52 | 31% | 3.8% | 4.7% |
| Podensac 3,269 · 12.2 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 7.7% |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne 2,670 · 12.3 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Selve 3,746 · 12.6 mi | 36.8 | 10% | 1.1% | 2.8% |
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 Balizac
What is the population of Balizac?
520 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (473).
How old are Balizac’s residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Balizac?
16, with occasional dwellings: 6.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Balizac?
INSEE counts 16 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 15 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Balizac?
€25,940 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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