A median age of 59.5: Bourg-le-Comte is older than 98% of compared French towns
In Bourg-le-Comte, 2.4% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. The town had 168 residents in 87 households at the 2023 census. Flats: 2.5% of the total. Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Bourg-le-Comte
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bourg-le-Comte, 17% of its 120 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Bourg-le-Comte’s residents are under 59.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.1% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bourg-le-Comte had 201 residents at the 2012 census and 168 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 92% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. 12% of homes stand empty, or about one in eight.
Bourg-le-Comte changed by −16% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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 −10%; the six to 2023, −7%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
Bourg-le-Comte ranks above 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 39%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourg-le-Comte 59.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 7.5%, below 95% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Bourg-le-Comte sits below 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (5.9%)
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 1.9 people. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households come to 12% in Bourg-le-Comte, about one in ten.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,500 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 Bourg-le-Comte’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,500 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Bourg-le-Comte ranks above 94% of compared French towns on 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 share of households headed by a manager or professional is 5.9%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 65% of compared French towns: 6.2%
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). That is higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Bourg-le-Comte ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 57%
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: 16% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 77% of compared French towns, at 23%
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 make up 16%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th oldest 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.
Every neighbor is younger than Bourg-le-Comte
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourg-le-Comte | 59.5 | 39% | 17% | 8.1% |
| Paray-le-Monial 9,291 · 11.8 mi | 54.2 | 36% | 3.4% | 7.2% |
| Digoin 7,353 · 12.4 mi | 53.9 | 34% | 1.9% | 15% |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 2,588 · 13.1 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 1.2% | 5.1% |
| Charlieu 3,766 · 13.5 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 7.2% | 4.1% |
| Charolles 2,772 · 16.6 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Mably 7,233 · 16.8 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 0.8% | 7.8% |
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 Bourg-le-Comte
What is the population of Bourg-le-Comte?
168 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (201).
How old are Bourg-le-Comte’s residents?
The median age is 59.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourg-le-Comte?
21, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourg-le-Comte?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.1% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (6.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourg-le-Comte?
€24,500 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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