Couples with children make up 40% in Bourthes, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 0.3% in Bourthes. In 2023, the Census found 860 residents here, living in 330 households. For Bourthes, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 32%. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 84% of compared French towns: 17%.
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 Bourthes
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bourthes’s population changed by +6% since 2012, more than in 57% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Half of Bourthes is under 40, younger than 79% 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
■ Bourthes 40. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 13% in Bourthes and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 95% of compared French towns: 25%
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
The average household has 2.6 people. By way of comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Bourthes has 11%.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 5.8% of households have no car
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
In Bourthes, 7.9% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town. 7.5% of households moved in less than two years ago; 21% have been in their home 30 years or more. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,780 a year in standard of living
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 €23,780 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
In Bourthes, 25% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 84% 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
The census found that 9% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Bourthes. The share of households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.2%
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.
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 77% 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
Census figures put married residents at 42% in Bourthes. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 27% in Bourthes, less than in 59% 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
Adults with no qualification: 19% of the total. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (860 to 2,582 people), the 3rd 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).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 5 are older than Bourthes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourthes | 40 | 17% | 1.5% | 0.2% |
| Desvres 4,829 · 6.1 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Samer 4,704 · 8.4 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1% | 0.6% |
| Lumbres 3,579 · 10.4 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1% | 0.7% |
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot 4,115 · 13.9 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 65% | 2.1% |
| Étaples 10,710 · 14.3 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 7% | 1.3% |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont 5,029 · 14.6 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
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 Bourthes
What is the population of Bourthes?
860 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (808).
How old are Bourthes’ residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourthes?
6, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourthes?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.2% 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 Bourthes?
€23,780 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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