Photo: Jairoulak · CC BY-SA 4.0Older than 77% of compared French towns: half of Bompas is over 48.5
The share of single-parent households is 13%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Across Bompas, just over a third of households are headed by a retired person. Few places have so few flats: 18% here, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 7,832 people lived in the town, in 3,510 households.
Throughout this page, the Pyrénées-Orientales 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.
Bompas grew +10% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 69% 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 Pyrénées-Orientales town +10%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +2%; from 2017 to 2023, +8%.
28% of residents are 65 or over, a share 79% 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
■ Bompas 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
In Bompas, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pyrénées-Orientales 52.6%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Bompas ranks below 67% of compared French towns on one-person households: 32%
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 Pyrénées-Orientales median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.2 people. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 24%, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns.
Households without a car: 8.5%, a lower share than 63% 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
8.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 23% have stayed 30 years or more. Compared with other places, second homes are common here: 3.2%, more than in 64% of compared French towns. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing: 14% here and 12% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,180 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 €24,180 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 69% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 17.0% of residents.
Bompas ranks below 76% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 10%
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 are more common here than in 54% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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).
Above 66% of compared French towns: 9.1% of residents are immigrants
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 Pyrénées-Orientales has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Locally, 4.9% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
44% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 59% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Single residents: a quarter of the total. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 61% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
Just over a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 7,747 to 7,921 people, the 5th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Corte is the youngest (28.3); Lège-Cap-Ferret the oldest (57.7).
Bompas sits below 1 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bompas | 48.5 | 28% | 3.2% | 9.1% |
| Pia 11,615 · 1.5 mi | 38.8 | 18% | 2.1% | 6.9% |
| Claira 4,922 · 2.4 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 6.2% | 5.7% |
| Villelongue-de-la-Salanque 3,335 · 2.5 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 3.8% | 6.4% |
| Perpignan 121,616 · 3.1 mi | 42 | 23% | 4.3% | 18% |
| Cabestany 10,465 · 3.2 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 3% | 7.9% |
| Torreilles 3,753 · 3.9 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 35% | 6.4% |
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 Bompas
What is the population of Bompas?
7,832 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (7,129).
How old are Bompas’ residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bompas?
130, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bompas?
INSEE counts 710 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 380 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bompas?
€24,180 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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