Above 96% of compared French towns: 15% of homes stand empty
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 94% of compared French towns: 3.8%. Bourg’s 1,050 households held 2,244 residents at the 2023 Census. About one in 16: that is how common households in social housing are in Bourg (6.1%). More second homes than in 76% of compared French towns: 4.9%.
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 Bourg
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +5% since 2012 leaves Bourg behind 50% 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
A median age of 44.4: Bourg is older than 52% 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
■ Bourg 44.4. The median compared French town: 44.
At 23%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 56% of compared French towns. About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Bourg (10%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Bourg: 15% of households are single parents, above 95% 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
With one-person households at 40%, Bourg is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Put another way, about one in five: just over a fifth of households are couples with children.
Fewer flats than 70% of compared French towns: 19%
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 seven has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The benchmark for flats in the typical compared French town: 30%. Households without a car make up about one in seven here (14%).
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,290 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.
At €23,290 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 79% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 20.0% of residents.
More households headed by a manual worker than 56% of compared French towns: 15%
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 three: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Bourg (33%). In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
5.8% of Bourg’s 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%. Put another way, about one in 17: 5.8% of residents are immigrants. Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 4.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bourg ranks below 85% of compared French towns on married residents: 37%
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 share of single residents tops three quarters of compared French towns: 29%. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 18% in Bourg, less than in 58% 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 29% in Bourg. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 2,244 to 2,582 people, the 16th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Bourg
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg | 44.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 5.8% |
| Ambès 3,313 · 2.5 mi | 39.3 | 17% | 0.5% | 9.9% |
| Macau 4,576 · 4.1 mi | 40 | 16% | 2.6% | 4.5% |
| Ludon-Médoc 5,578 · 5.2 mi | 40.9 | 15% | 0.7% | 4.1% |
| Margaux-Cantenac 2,845 · 6.3 mi | 41.8 | 17% | 3.5% | 4.6% |
| Saint-André-de-Cubzac 12,626 · 6.5 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Parempuyre 10,672 · 6.7 mi | 39.5 | 17% | 0.5% | 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 Bourg
What is the population of Bourg?
2,244 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (2,141).
How old are Bourg’s residents?
The median age is 44.4, older than 52% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourg?
65, with occasional dwellings: 4.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourg?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 100 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourg?
€23,290 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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