Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Bach is over 53.2
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 90% of compared French towns: 23%. Bach’s 110 households held 211 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Bach, 1.9% of homes are flats. 18% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 82% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Bach
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 36 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bach, 22% of its 160 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Bach had 165 residents at the 2012 census and 211 in 2023, up 28%: faster growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bach’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bach sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (22%)
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
Car-free households: one in 18, where the median compared French town has 11%. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households without a car: 5.6% of the total. On empty homes, Bach sits higher than nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 10%.
A growing town: +28% since 2012, faster than 96% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Lot town, the change came in two steps: +8% from 2012 to 2017, then +19% to 2023.
Only 2.4% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bach 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Bach has 30%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 85% of compared French towns, at 46%
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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.9 people share a household. Single-parent households are more common here than in 90% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Standard of living at the median: €24,200 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.
At €24,200 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 82% of compared French towns, at 9.1%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 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).
Immigrants make up 6.3% of Bach’s residents
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 Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 52% of compared French towns. 3.9% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 26.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Bach, 20% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 91% 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 median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 35% and 8.8%, and 9.5% are widowed. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Below 96% of compared French towns: 9.8% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
Nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. As a yardstick, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 211 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Bach
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bach | 53.2 | 30% | 22% | 6.3% |
| Cahors 20,050 · 13.5 mi | 49.5 | 30% | 6.1% | 12% |
| Caussade 6,803 · 14.8 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 3.1% | 8.8% |
| Pradines 3,617 · 15.6 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 2.8% | 9.7% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 17.7 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
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 Bach
What is the population of Bach?
211 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 28% more than in 2012 (165).
How old are Bach’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bach?
36, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bach?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bach?
€24,200 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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