Photo: Tango7174 · CC BY-SA 4.017% of homes in Le Bono are second homes
In Le Bono, 4.9% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The town’s 1,270 households held 2,608 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in 16: 6.3% of households are single parents. On households headed by a retired person, Le Bono sits higher than 88% of compared French towns: 42%.
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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 Bono
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 270 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Bono, 17% of its 1,610 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 83% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Le Bono had 2,124 residents at the 2012 census and 2,608 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Le Bono’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 29% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households in social housing than 80% of compared French towns: 6.3%
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 trails 83% of compared French towns: 4.4%. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of homes are flats. The wider picture: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Le Bono grew +23% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 93% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Morbihan town +7%. The change was +16% from 2012 to 2017 and +6% from 2017 to 2023.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of compared French towns, at 7.2%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Bono 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 51.3, Le Bono is older than 87% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In Le Bono, 29% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
38% of households are one person living alone, a share 61% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Morbihan median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 24%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €28,520 a year to live on
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.
Half of Le Bono’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €28,520 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 75% of compared French towns. As for poverty, 8.0% of residents are below the line.
Le Bono sits below 84% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (8.7%)
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 manager or professional is 16%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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).
Only 2.1% of residents are immigrants in Le Bono
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Le Bono has 1%. The median compared commune in Morbihan has 2.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 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.
Single residents make up 20% in Le Bono, less than in 93% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Le Bono comes in at 47%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 97% of compared French towns: 9.2%
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education in Le Bono comes in at 45%. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
The 10th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,584 to 2,631 people
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 Bourguébus (34.6), the oldest Longeville-sur-Mer (62.9).
Of the 6 towns nearest Le Bono, 2 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 Bono | 51.3 | 29% | 17% | 2.1% |
| Plougoumelen 2,664 · 1.9 mi | 47.1 | 21% | 6.9% | 1.7% |
| Baden 5,086 · 2.6 mi | 56.5 | 34% | 24% | 2.1% |
| Crach 3,423 · 2.6 mi | 56.8 | 34% | 22% | 2.1% |
| Pluneret 6,262 · 2.7 mi | 45 | 21% | 3.8% | 2% |
| Auray 14,207 · 2.9 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 7.5% | 4.6% |
| Sainte-Anne-d'Auray 2,889 · 4.1 mi | 46.7 | 26% | 3.5% | 2% |
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 Bono
What is the population of Le Bono?
2,608 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (2,124).
How old are Le Bono’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Bono?
270, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Bono?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Bono?
€28,520 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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