A lower share of flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.6%
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Le Bardon. About one in 71: that is how common households in social housing are in Le Bardon (1.4%). Fewer one-person households than in 89% of compared French towns: 27%. This Loiret town counted 984 residents and 420 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Le Bardon
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 5.8% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Bardon had 1,044 residents at the 2012 census and 984 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, Le Bardon 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
A lower share of residents aged 65 and over than 62% of compared French towns, at 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Bardon 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Le Bardon’s residents are under 43.5, younger than in 54% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 34%
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
Average household size: 2.4 people. Fewer single-parent households than in 97% of compared French towns: 5.8%. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.9%
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
Second homes make up 3.9%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Here, 8.2% of homes stand empty.
€28,370 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
At €28,370 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
16% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 65% 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
The figure for households headed by a retired person is 34% in Le Bardon and 32% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manual worker make up 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Le Bardon ranks below 89% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 1.3%
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 figure for immigrants is 3.4% in Le Bardon and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loiret has 9.8%. Typically, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Le Bardon: 49% of residents 15 and over are married, above 88% 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
Single residents: 21% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Le Bardon ranks below 84% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 13%
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 30% in the typical compared French town, 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Le Bardon. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
13th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 984 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Le Bardon 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bardon | 43.5 | 20% | 3.9% | 3.4% |
| Meung-sur-Loire 6,670 · 2.1 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 7.4% |
| Beaugency 8,024 · 4.3 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 5.1% | 11% |
| Saint-Ay 3,766 · 4.9 mi | 41 | 20% | 2.6% | 6.9% |
| Cléry-Saint-André 3,596 · 5.1 mi | 43 | 20% | 7.3% | 4.1% |
| Lailly-en-Val 3,101 · 5.6 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| Chaingy 4,116 · 6.4 mi | 42.3 | 18% | 1.5% | 5.7% |
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 Le Bardon
What is the population of Le Bardon?
984 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,044).
How old are Le Bardon’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Bardon?
19, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Bardon?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (1.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Bardon?
€28,370 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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