28% of homes in Bazaiges are second homes
Households headed by a retired person make up 47%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Bazaiges has fewer single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 4.2%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 229, in 120 households. Flats: 2.3% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Bazaiges
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 50 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bazaiges, 28% of its 180 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Bazaiges’ residents are under 52.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car: 8.5%, a lower share than 63% 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
Turnover: 7.5% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 30% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes tops 66% of compared French towns: 8.2%.
+4% since 2012: slower than 55% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Indre town −5%. The change was −7% from 2012 to 2017 and +12% from 2017 to 2023.
Older than 90% of compared French towns: half of Bazaiges is over 52.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bazaiges 52.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 29% in Bazaiges and 22% in the typical compared French town. Across Bazaiges, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Bazaiges sits below 77% of compared French towns for couples with children (19%)
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 Indre median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2 people. Bazaiges has more one-person households than 80% of compared French towns, at 43%. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €20,430 a year in standard of living
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.
The median standard of living in Bazaiges is €20,430 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 92% of compared French towns, at 4.2%
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 21% in Bazaiges. Set beside that, 9.4% of 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns: 3.7%
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 Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in three quarters of compared French towns. The wider picture: 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Bazaiges
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
Across Bazaiges, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
More adults with no qualification than 93% of compared French towns: 31%
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
In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in Bazaiges, 23%. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bazaiges is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bazaiges | 52.6 | 29% | 28% | 3.7% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 6.6 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 17.5 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
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 Bazaiges
What is the population of Bazaiges?
229 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (221).
How old are Bazaiges’ residents?
The median age is 52.6, older than 90% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bazaiges?
50, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bazaiges?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bazaiges?
€20,430 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970). 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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