0.9% of households have no car, below 99% of compared French towns
The figure for one-person households is 27% in Birac and 35% in the typical compared French town. 7.1% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 240, in 110 households. Flats make up about one in 40 here (2.5%).
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.
Birac grew +7% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 58% 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
The first five years brought +3%; the six to 2023, +4%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%.
Older than 69% of compared French towns: half of Birac is over 47
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Birac 47. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Birac has 20%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
In Birac, 32% of households are couples with children, more than in 83% 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
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The wider picture: 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Fewer single-parent households than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 9.1%.
4.9% of homes are second homes, a share 76% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 7.4% in Birac. Some nearly one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 15% who have been there 30 years or more.
A typical living standard of €25,160 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 midpoint of living standards here is €25,160 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 90% of compared French towns: 23%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Birac. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional: nearly a tenth of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 59% of compared French towns: 5.4% 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.
Foreign nationals are more common here than in 53% of compared French towns. 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 smaller share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
By its share of married residents (49%), Birac is above 86% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Birac ranks below 78% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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
Here 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (240 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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: 3 of the 6 towns around Birac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Birac | 47 | 20% | 4.9% | 5.4% |
| Bazas 4,854 · 3.8 mi | 52 | 31% | 3.8% | 4.7% |
| Langon 7,674 · 10.4 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Toulenne 2,881 · 11.4 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| La Réole 4,487 · 12.8 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 1.9% | 12% |
| Casteljaloux 4,755 · 13.5 mi | 57 | 39% | 8.5% | 5.3% |
| Sainte-Bazeille 3,171 · 14.7 mi | 50.4 | 30% | 1.4% | 6.4% |
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 Birac
What is the population of Birac?
240 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (225).
How old are Birac’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Birac?
6, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Birac?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.4% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (4.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Birac?
€25,160 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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