35% of households rent social housing (HLM), a share 95% of compared French towns don’t reach
Half of Floirac’s residents are under 39.8, younger than in 80% of compared French towns. The town counted 18,300 residents and 7,950 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 54% of homes are flats here. The share of households headed by a retired person trails just over four fifths of compared French towns: 26%.
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 Floirac
Immigrants
INSEE counts 3,200 immigrants in Floirac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 18% of residents, against 5.1% for the median compared commune in Gironde. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Social housing
35% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 18% rent privately and 47% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Floirac grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 72% 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
Here the change came as +6% to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 17% in Floirac, less than in 80% 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
■ Floirac 39.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 12%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 14%, a higher share than 93% 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
There are 2.3 people in the average household. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. Just over a quarter of households are couples with children (typical compared French town: 25%).
Floirac sits below 98% of compared French towns for second homes (0.3%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 18% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.8% (under two years). Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. More households without a car than in 73% of compared French towns: 16%. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 7.2%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,560 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.
Living standards centre on €23,560 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 77% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 23.0%.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 13% in Floirac, more 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
Households headed by a manual worker: 14% of the total. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
More immigrants than 90% of compared French towns: 18%
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 share of foreign nationals tops 91% of compared French towns: 14%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. The median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
30% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 80% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 39% in Floirac. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
A higher share of graduates of higher education than 62% of compared French towns, at 34%
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
Locally, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 14th youngest of 41 French towns of 17,644 to 18,872 people
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 Moissy-Cramayel (33.2), the oldest Sanary-sur-Mer (59.7).
Floirac sits below 3 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Floirac
What is the population of Floirac?
18,300 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (16,508).
How old are Floirac’s residents?
The median age is 39.8, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Floirac?
29, with occasional dwellings: 0.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Floirac?
INSEE counts 3,220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 18% of residents, and 2,600 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Floirac?
€23,560 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 23.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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