A higher share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns, at 35%
Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a retired person in Bursard. Put another way, about one in 21: 4.7% of households have no car. Fewer flats than in 84% of compared French towns: 11%. At the 2023 Census, 199 people lived locally, in 83 households.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Bursard
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Bursard has changed by +1%, slower than 66% 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
Here the change came as +9% to 2017, then −7% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −5% in Orne.
Younger than 80% of compared French towns: half of Bursard is under 39.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bursard 39.9. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Bursard, 8.9%. Lower than in 84% of compared French towns: 17% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 111 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 24% of households are one person living alone in Bursard
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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town. The typical household size is 2.4 people.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 16% of homes stand empty
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
Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Bursard has 5.6%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 12% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%.
A median of €25,340 a year per consumption unit
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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,340 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
Bursard sits above 94% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (24%)
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 manager or professional is 5.9% in Bursard and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 87% of compared French towns, at 2.5%
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.
2% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 87% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bursard ranks above 54% of compared French towns on married residents: 44%
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
Across Bursard, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Bursard, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 69% 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
On graduates of higher education, Bursard sits lower than 51% of compared French towns: 30%. To put it in context, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (199 to 2,582 people), the 2nd 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Bursard
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bursard | 39.9 | 17% | 5.6% | 2.5% |
| Sées 4,168 · 4.6 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 9.2 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 10.5 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 15.3 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 16 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 16.9 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
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 Bursard
What is the population of Bursard?
199 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (197).
How old are Bursard’s residents?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bursard?
6, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bursard?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.5% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bursard?
€25,340 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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