A smaller share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns: 0.4%
With flats at 5.3%, Bourlon is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. Lower than in 84% of compared French towns: 28% of households are one person living alone. This Pas-de-Calais town had 1,156 residents in 490 households at the 2023 Census. For Bourlon, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 18%.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 Bourlon
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bourlon had 1,224 residents at the 2012 census and 1,156 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Bourlon has changed by −6%, slower than 90% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
A smaller share of residents aged 65 and over than 64% of compared French towns: 20%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourlon 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bourlon is 43.4, lower than in 55% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% locally.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 61% of compared French towns, at 27%
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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Bourlon. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%. There are 2.4 people in the average household.
9% of homes stand empty, more than in 72% of compared French towns
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
Nearly a third of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.5% moved in within the last two years. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.1%, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. What’s more, in Bourlon, 8.9% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,910 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 Bourlon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €25,910 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
30% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 62% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.1% of the total. Set beside that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
0.4% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Fewer single residents than 75% of compared French towns: 22%
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 Bourlon, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Adults with no qualification: 15%, a lower share than 75% 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
In Bourlon, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. For comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 13th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bourlon and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourlon | 43.4 | 20% | 1.1% | 0.8% |
| Proville 3,206 · 4.2 mi | 49.7 | 28% | 0.5% | 2.7% |
| Neuville-Saint-Rémy 4,012 · 4.6 mi | 41.6 | 23% | 0.9% | 3.4% |
| Cambrai 31,134 · 5.5 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 5.1% |
| Masnières 2,689 · 6.1 mi | 40 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Escaudœuvres 3,171 · 6.7 mi | 46.2 | 26% | 1% | 4% |
| Arleux 3,125 · 7 mi | 43.3 | 21% | 12% | 1.4% |
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 Bourlon
What is the population of Bourlon?
1,156 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (1,224).
How old are Bourlon’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourlon?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourlon?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourlon?
€25,910 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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