A larger share of second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 23%
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 17%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a retired person are rarer here than in 87% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Borgo was home to 10,311 people in 4,400 households. 3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 31.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Corse 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 Borgo
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 1,380 second homes and occasional dwellings in Borgo, 23% of its 6,120 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 6.6% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Borgo had 7,950 residents at the 2012 census and 10,311 in 2023, up 30%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 5.4% in Borgo, less than in 85% 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
55% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Still, at 5.6%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 66% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +30% since 2012, faster than 96% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +10%, and from 2017 to 2023 +18%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Haute-Corse town +12%.
Younger than 67% of compared French towns: half of Borgo is under 41.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Borgo 41.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Borgo.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Borgo sits above 71% of compared French towns for couples with children (29%)
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 Haute-Corse median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 33% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 12%, more than in 80% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, a quarter of households are couples with children. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
A typical living standard of €26,200 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 €26,200 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns. 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Across Borgo, 15% of households are headed by a manual worker. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
9.9% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 81% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 median compared commune in Haute-Corse has 11%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 71% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals make up 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants come to 10% in Borgo, about one in ten.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of single residents than 83% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Nearly two in five residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Borgo sits below 64% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (26%)
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, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 10,140 to 10,477 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.
Serris is the youngest (33.5); Fouesnant the oldest (57).
Borgo and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them are older
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 Borgo
What is the population of Borgo?
10,311 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% more than in 2012 (7,950).
How old are Borgo’s residents?
The median age is 41.9, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Borgo?
1,380, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Borgo?
INSEE counts 1,030 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 10% of residents, and 1,030 foreign nationals (9.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Borgo?
€26,200 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% 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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