Half of Bonnegarde is over 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 254 residents in 120 households: that is Bonnegarde at the 2023 Census. For Bonnegarde, the census puts households headed by a retired person at 44%. Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Bonnegarde has 0.6%.
Throughout this page, the Landes 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 Bonnegarde
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bonnegarde had 306 residents at the 2012 census and 254 in 2023, down 17%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bonnegarde’s residents are under 56.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−17% since 2012: slower than 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 population moved −10%, and from 2017 to 2023 −7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Landes town +9%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bonnegarde 56.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 88% of compared French towns: 31%. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Landes 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Bonnegarde ranks below 88% of compared French towns on one-person households: 27%
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 Landes median and the France median
Living alone · share
13% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
Households without a car: 5.3%, a lower share than 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Bonnegarde, 3.6%. On average, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 5.1% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 36%. Empty homes are more common here than in 83% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €26,350 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 €26,350 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 90% of compared French towns: 4.4%
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 make up 8.9%, against 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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).
Bonnegarde sits below 88% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.3%)
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 Landes has 5.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 88% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 91: 1.1% 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.
Bonnegarde: 54% of residents 15 and over are married, above 98% 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 the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Bonnegarde has 20%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 16% in Bonnegarde, less than in 70% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, a quarter of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
5th highest median age among 41 French towns of 254 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Bonnegarde
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 Bonnegarde
What is the population of Bonnegarde?
254 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% fewer than in 2012 (306).
How old are Bonnegarde’s residents?
The median age is 56.6, older than 96% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bonnegarde?
5, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bonnegarde?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bonnegarde?
€26,350 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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