Barsac sits below 91% of compared French towns for flats (7.7%)
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.3%), Barsac is below 90% of compared French towns. The town counted 2,058 residents and 940 households at the 2023 Census. The share of households without a car stands at 5.7%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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.
Slower growth than 79% of compared French towns: Barsac changed by −2% 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
A median age of 45.5: Barsac is older than 60% 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
■ Barsac 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 20% here and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are couples with children, a share 59% 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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. More single-parent households than in 52% of compared French towns: 10%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Little separates the share of one-person households here, 35%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
In Barsac, 9.6% of homes stand empty, more than in 76% 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 18 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The census found that 3.3% of homes are second homes in Barsac.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,170 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 €25,170 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 7.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person in Barsac. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Here, 13% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Barsac: 6.1% of residents are immigrants
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.
About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Barsac (6.1%). That is lower than in 53% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%. At 4.8%, the share of foreign nationals is in line with the figure 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.
Married residents: 41%, a lower share than 64% 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
The census found that 25% of residents 15 and over are single in Barsac. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 66% of compared French towns: 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Barsac, 17%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,058 to 2,582 people, the 21st 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Barsac and its 6 nearest towns: 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barsac | 45.5 | 20% | 3.3% | 6.1% |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne 2,670 · 2.4 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| Podensac 3,269 · 3.7 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 7.7% |
| Toulenne 2,881 · 4.2 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Langon 7,674 · 5.3 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Portets 2,618 · 7.7 mi | 45 | 21% | 0.9% | 4.5% |
| Castres-Gironde 2,695 · 8.6 mi | 37 | 13% | 0.8% | 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 Barsac
What is the population of Barsac?
2,058 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (2,106).
How old are Barsac’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Barsac?
36, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Barsac?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.1% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Barsac?
€25,170 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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