Only 1.5% of households have no car in Burdignes
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of households are single parents here. At 2.6%, the share of households in social housing is lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Burdignes’s 200 households held 422 residents at the 2023 Census. Here, just over two in five households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 Burdignes
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 47 second homes and occasional dwellings in Burdignes, 17% of its 270 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Burdignes had 347 residents at the 2012 census and 422 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Burdignes sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (17%)
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
The share of empty homes tops 83% of compared French towns: 11%. At 16%, the share of flats is lower than in 76% of compared French towns. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Burdignes has grown +22%, faster than 92% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Loire town +3%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +6%; 2017 to 2023, +15%.
Burdignes sits below 99% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Burdignes 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over here. Add to that, half of Burdignes’s residents are over 48.5, older than in 77% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are couples with children, below 63% of compared French towns
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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 35% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 51% of compared French towns.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,120 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 €24,120 a year: lower than in 70% of compared French towns.
In Burdignes, 5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns
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: 17% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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).
Only 2.1% of residents are immigrants in Burdignes
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Burdignes has 2.6%. The median compared commune in Loire has 5.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Burdignes, 48% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, a share 56% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Burdignes (20%). Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (422 to 2,582 people), the 15th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 6 towns nearest Burdignes, 3 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burdignes | 48.5 | 24% | 17% | 2.1% |
| Bourg-Argental 2,886 · 1.5 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 6.2% | 2.4% |
| Annonay 17,274 · 5.5 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 3.4% | 14% |
| Roiffieux 2,743 · 5.9 mi | 50.5 | 27% | 2.8% | 2.3% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 6.7 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 8.2 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Saint-Genest-Malifaux 2,921 · 8.4 mi | 46.1 | 25% | 16% | 1.4% |
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 Burdignes
What is the population of Burdignes?
422 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (347).
How old are Burdignes’ residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Burdignes?
47, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Burdignes?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Burdignes?
€24,120 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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