Households headed by a manual worker: 24%, a higher share than 95% of compared French towns
Just over a fifth of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. The 2023 Census counted 6,931 residents in 3,050 households. Put another way, about one in six: 16% of households have no car. The median age in Bourbourg is 40.4, lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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.
Slower growth than 74% of compared French towns: Bourbourg changed by −1% since 2012
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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Nord town ±0%.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 86% of compared French towns: 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourbourg 40.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Bourbourg. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
12% of households are single parents, more than in 79% of compared French towns
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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.2 people. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Bourbourg has 26%.
Only 20% of homes are flats in Bourbourg
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 15% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 25%. Lower than in 68% of compared French towns: 1.3% of homes are second homes. The figure for empty homes is 8.1% in Bourbourg and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €22,350 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.
Living standards centre on €22,350 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 87% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 20.0% of residents.
Households headed by a manager or professional: 6.4%, a lower share than 73% 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
Roughly three in ten: 32% of households are headed by a retired person. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns: 1.4%
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 Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 97% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. For Bourbourg, the census puts foreign nationals at 1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bourbourg sits below 77% of compared French towns for married residents (38%)
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single, or about one in four. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 89% 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
28% of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (6,851 to 7,007 people), the 10th youngest
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 Bailly-Romainvilliers (34.9), the oldest Nérac (54.2).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Bourbourg
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourbourg | 40.4 | 21% | 1.3% | 1.4% |
| Loon-Plage 5,952 · 3.5 mi | 41.8 | 18% | 0.7% | 1.5% |
| Gravelines 11,430 · 4.4 mi | 41.2 | 18% | 4.6% | 2.1% |
| Grand-Fort-Philippe 4,887 · 5.4 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 5.7% | 1.2% |
| Grande-Synthe 20,239 · 6.5 mi | 36.9 | 17% | 0.6% | 16% |
| Audruicq 5,309 · 7 mi | 43 | 23% | 1.4% | 0.9% |
| Oye-Plage 5,780 · 7.2 mi | 42 | 22% | 10% | 1.2% |
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 Bourbourg
What is the population of Bourbourg?
6,931 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (7,002).
How old are Bourbourg’s residents?
The median age is 40.4, younger than 77% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourbourg?
45, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourbourg?
INSEE counts 97 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 73 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourbourg?
€22,350 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 20.0% 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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