Couples with children make up 35% in Bours, more than in 93% of compared French towns
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 29% in Bours and 14% in the typical compared French town. About one in 21: that is how common households without a car are in Bours (4.7%). More second homes than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 3.3%. This Pas-de-Calais town counted 582 residents and 240 households at the 2023 Census.
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 Bours
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bours changed by −2% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 76% 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 first five years brought +4%; the six to 2023, −6%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, a share 69% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bours 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bours is 44.5, higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over: just over a fifth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Bours, 26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 91% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The typical household size is 2.4 people.
7.8% of homes stand empty, a share 62% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
3.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 31% have stayed 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, empty homes come to 6.7%.
At the median, €24,680 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.
At €24,680 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
28% of households are headed by a retired person, below 74% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Bours comes in at 6.3%. To put it in context, nearly a third 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).
Bours ranks below 99% of compared French towns on immigrants: 0.3%
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 Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 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.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 55%
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
The share of single residents is 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Only 26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bours
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification here. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 582 to 2,582 people, the 17th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Bours 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bours | 44.5 | 21% | 3.3% | 0.3% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 4 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 4.3 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Divion 6,766 · 4.4 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 0.7% | 1% |
| Auchel 10,051 · 4.7 mi | 40 | 20% | 0.5% | 1% |
| Marles-les-Mines 5,411 · 5.3 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 0% | 1% |
| Houdain 6,945 · 6 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 0.5% | 0.9% |
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 Bours
What is the population of Bours?
582 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (591).
How old are Bours’ residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bours?
9, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bours?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.3% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bours?
€24,680 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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