Flats make up 0.2% in La Bussière, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 4% of households have no car in La Bussière. This Loiret town had 761 residents in 350 households at the 2023 Census. The share of couples with children stands at 14%. Few places have so few households headed by a manager or professional: 4.3% here, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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 La Bussière
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Bussière had 807 residents at the 2012 census and 761 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, La Bussière has changed by −6%, slower than 90% 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 Loiret town +6%.
La Bussière ranks below 94% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 7.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Bussière 49.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 49.7, La Bussière is older than 82% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 27% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A higher share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 20%
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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 32% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.2 people.
9.7% of homes are second homes, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 3.2% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 24% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. More empty homes than in 84% of compared French towns: 11%. Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 15% of households rent social housing (HLM) in La Bussière.
Median standard of living: €24,970 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 €24,970 a year: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
La Bussière sits above 71% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (17%)
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
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 64% of compared French towns: 35%. The usual figure: 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).
Foreign nationals make up 1.4% in La Bussière, less than in 87% of compared French towns
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.
3.2% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Set beside that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents make up 22% in La Bussière, less than in 82% 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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, 47% of residents 15 and over are married here. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 81% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 25% of adults out of school have no qualification in La Bussière. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 14th 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.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than La Bussière
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Bussière | 49.7 | 27% | 9.7% | 3.2% |
| Gien 13,459 · 6.6 mi | 43.2 | 24% | 5.9% | 19% |
| Nogent-sur-Vernisson 2,559 · 6.6 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 4.8% | 8.9% |
| Briare 4,911 · 7.2 mi | 54.1 | 34% | 9.7% | 12% |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire 3,065 · 11 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 11% | 2.7% |
| Ouzouer-sur-Loire 2,543 · 12.9 mi | 45 | 20% | 7.4% | 3.2% |
| Lorris 2,996 · 14.6 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 5.4% | 6.3% |
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 La Bussière
What is the population of La Bussière?
761 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (807).
How old are La Bussière’s residents?
The median age is 49.7, older than 82% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Bussière?
43, with occasional dwellings: 9.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Bussière?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Bussière?
€24,970 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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