Photo: PA · CC BY-SA 4.03.8% of homes stand empty, below 89% of compared French towns
Households in social housing make up 24%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Blanquefort’s population at 17,215, in 7,840 households. Across Blanquefort, 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional. At 19%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is lower than in 72% 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.
A growing town: +14% since 2012, faster than 79% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +16% for the median Gironde town, the change came in two steps: +5% from 2012 to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
Half of Blanquefort is under 41.6, younger than 69% 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
■ Blanquefort 41.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 80% of compared French towns: 12%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
12% of households are single parents, more than in 74% 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
One-person households make up 37%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average. A quarter of households are couples with children, more than in 51% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%.
Flats make up 41% in Blanquefort, more than in 65% 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
Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 1.5%. Long tenure is the mark of 18% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 10% (under two years). Households without a car are rarer here than in 55% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €27,730 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 €27,730 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 68% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 12.0%.
29% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 69% of compared French towns
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
About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Blanquefort (14%). Across the comparison, 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).
Blanquefort ranks above 63% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 5.9%
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.
By its share of immigrants (8%), Blanquefort is above 60% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Blanquefort sits above 70% of compared French towns for single residents (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
Here 41% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification make up 13% in Blanquefort, less than in 85% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 38%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (16,584 to 17,854 people), the 15th youngest
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 L'Isle-d'Abeau (33.3), the oldest La Baule-Escoublac (60.4).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than Blanquefort
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Blanquefort | 41.6 | 19% | 1.5% | 8% |
| Le Taillan-Médoc 11,073 · 2.4 mi | 43.2 | 19% | 0.8% | 4.5% |
| Parempuyre 10,672 · 2.7 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 0.5% | 6.3% |
| Le Pian-Médoc 7,292 · 2.8 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 1.1% | 3.6% |
| Eysines 24,825 · 2.9 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 1.2% | 9.6% |
| Bruges 20,020 · 3.1 mi | 38 | 15% | 1.9% | 7.6% |
| Le Haillan 11,392 · 3.6 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.3% | 6.3% |
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 Blanquefort
What is the population of Blanquefort?
17,215 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (15,149).
How old are Blanquefort’s residents?
The median age is 41.6, younger than 69% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Blanquefort?
120, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Blanquefort?
INSEE counts 1,380 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8% of residents, and 1,010 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Blanquefort?
€27,730 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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