A lower share of households in social housing than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.7%
With flats at 7.8%, Bussières is behind 91% of compared French towns on that count. The census found that 7.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in the town. Households without a car are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 580 residents here, living in 260 households.
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 Bussières
An older town
Half of Bussières’ residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Bussières has changed by −1%, slower than 75% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −3%; from 2017 to 2023, +2%.
Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Bussières is over 51.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bussières 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 28% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 27% of households are one person living alone
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
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Bussières has 28%. Each household has 2.2 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. One-person households make up 35% in the typical compared French town.
More second homes than 83% of compared French towns: 7%
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 that moved in under two years ago: 5.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 27%. Lower than in just over half of compared French towns: 6.7% of homes stand empty. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €32,630 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.
At €32,630 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
Above 93% of compared French towns: 45% of households are headed by a retired person
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 Bussières comes in at 22%. Here, 7.8% of households are headed by a manual worker. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison 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 foreign nationals than 91% of compared French towns, at 1.2%
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.
3.3% of residents are immigrants; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.5%. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Saône-et-Loire has 6.9%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Bussières, 54% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 98% of compared French towns
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
25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 18% in Bussières. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
10% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 95% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 44% in Bussières and 30% in the typical compared French town. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 11th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Bussières
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bussières | 51.2 | 28% | 7% | 3.3% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 4.8 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 5.7 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 7.2 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 7.3 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 7.1% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 8.4 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 8.7 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
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 Bussières
What is the population of Bussières?
580 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (587).
How old are Bussières’ residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bussières?
21, with occasional dwellings: 7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bussières?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bussières?
€32,630 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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