Photo: Marcel Roblin · CC BY-SA 4.0In Libourne, 48% of households are one person living alone, more than in 90% of compared French towns
Empty homes: 9.9%, above 79% of compared French towns. Households without a car come to 21% in Libourne, about two in ten. 46% of homes are flats, more than in 70% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 25,036 residents in the town, living in 12,560 households.
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 Libourne
Many people living alone
48% of Libourne’s households are one person: higher than in 90% of compared French towns; 42% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Libourne grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 53% 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 median Gironde town changed +16% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +5% and the next six +1%.
Above 69% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Libourne 44. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 23%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Half of Libourne’s residents are under 44, younger than in 50% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Only 17% of households are couples with children in Libourne
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
Just over one in ten households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). Households average 1.9 people. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%.
A higher share of households in social housing than 59% of compared French towns, at 15%
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
Car-free households: one in five, where the median compared French town has 11%. More second homes than in 62% of compared French towns: 3%. In the typical compared French town, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM).
The middle resident’s standard of living: €23,480 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,480 a year: lower than in 77% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 22.6% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 59% of compared French towns: 11%
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
At 32%, the share of households headed by a retired person is lower than in 52% of compared French towns. On average, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% of the total.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Libourne, 11% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 84% of compared French towns
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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Libourne. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in 77% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Gironde has 5.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 33% of residents 15 and over are married in Libourne
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
Single residents: 32% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 23% in Libourne, more than in 68% 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
Nearly a third of Libourne’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 23% have no diploma (19%).
41 French towns of 23,840 to 26,241 people: this is the 11th 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.
Les Pavillons-sous-Bois is the youngest (35); Biarritz the oldest (55.2).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Libourne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Libourne | 44 | 23% | 3% | 12% |
| Vayres 4,615 · 4.4 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Saint-Denis-de-Pile 5,955 · 5.4 mi | 45.1 | 23% | 1.4% | 5.4% |
| Galgon 3,144 · 5.5 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 1.8% | 3.7% |
| Izon 6,374 · 6 mi | 40.7 | 16% | 0.8% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron 2,713 · 6.9 mi | 35.3 | 9.5% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Sulpice-et-Cameyrac 4,881 · 7.4 mi | 46.4 | 24% | 1.7% | 5.8% |
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 Libourne
What is the population of Libourne?
25,036 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (23,736).
How old are Libourne’s residents?
The median age is 44, younger than 50% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Libourne?
430, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Libourne?
INSEE counts 2,920 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 2,690 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Libourne?
€23,480 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.6% 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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