11% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 93% of compared French towns: 7.9%. In 2023, the Census found 308 residents in Bitry, living in 170 households. Census figures put households headed by a manager or professional at 2.9% here. Empty homes are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Bitry
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 73 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bitry, 27% of its 270 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Bitry’s residents are under 53.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
48% of Bitry’s households are one person: higher than in 89% of compared French towns; 49% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bitry had 323 residents at the 2012 census and 308 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bitry sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (27%)
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
1.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats: 2.6% of the total. Bitry has more households without a car than 53% of compared French towns, at 11%.
Bitry’s population moved −5% on 2012, less than in 87% 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 Nièvre town changed −8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six +1%.
A median age of 53.6: Bitry is older than 92% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bitry 53.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Bitry, 30%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%.
48% of households are one person living alone, a share 89% 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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 12% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 1.8 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,360 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.
Half of Bitry’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,360 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 84% of compared French towns: 20%
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 67% of compared French towns: 36%. Across the comparison, 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: 2.3%, a lower share than 89% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Bitry has 1.6%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 83% 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
More married residents than in 56% of compared French towns: 44%. The wider picture: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
The census found that 20% of adults out of school have no qualification in Bitry. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (308 to 2,582 people), 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Of the 2 towns nearest Bitry, 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bitry | 53.6 | 30% | 27% | 2.3% |
| Cosne-Cours-sur-Loire 9,733 · 9.4 mi | 54.4 | 36% | 8.3% | 6.7% |
| Châtillon-sur-Loire 3,065 · 17.1 mi | 48.6 | 27% | 11% | 2.7% |
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 Bitry
What is the population of Bitry?
308 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (323).
How old are Bitry’s residents?
The median age is 53.6, older than 92% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bitry?
73, with occasional dwellings: 27% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bitry?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bitry?
€24,360 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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