A median age of 63.5: Bonneuil is older than 99% of compared French towns
3.8% of homes are flats (typical compared French town: 30%). Bonneuil is home to 74 residents in 40 households, by the 2023 Census. Couples with children come to 11% in the town, about one in ten. On households headed by a retired person, Bonneuil sits higher than 92% of compared French towns: 44%.
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 Bonneuil
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bonneuil, 29% of its 78 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 Bonneuil’s residents are under 63.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 45% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bonneuil had 106 residents at the 2012 census and 74 in 2023, down 30%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (19%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 29%, a higher share than 95% 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
19% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%.
Slower than most: −30% since 2012, behind 99% 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 change was −25%; from 2017 to 2023, −6%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Indre town −5%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 99% of compared French towns: 45%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bonneuil 63.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A smaller share of one-person households than 59% of compared French towns: 33%
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 share of single-parent households is 11%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 1.8 people in the average household.
Fewer households headed by a manual worker than 70% 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
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Bonneuil, 11%. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 87% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are foreign nationals
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 higher than in 78% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%. 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Bonneuil.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bonneuil: 27% of residents 15 and over are single, above 63% of compared French towns
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
In Bonneuil, 44% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 99% of compared French towns: 12%
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 two in five adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 74 to 2,582 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Bonneuil (63.5), the oldest.
Bonneuil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonneuil | 63.5 | 45% | 29% | 12% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 15.7 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 17.5 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
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 Bonneuil
What is the population of Bonneuil?
74 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 30% fewer than in 2012 (106).
How old are Bonneuil’s residents?
The median age is 63.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.3% are under 18 and 45% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bonneuil?
23, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bonneuil?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 9 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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