A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
The share of single-parent households is 3.7%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. There were 270 households in Bourdeau at the 2023 Census, home to 572 residents. About one in six: that is how common households headed by a manager or professional are in Bourdeau (17%). Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in just over two thirds of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Savoie 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 Bourdeau
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 46 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bourdeau, 13% of its 340 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 62% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Many graduates
56% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 25% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bourdeau ranks above 90% of compared French towns on second homes: 13%
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. Long tenure is the mark of 21% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 13% (under two years). 8.4% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%.
Bourdeau changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 62% 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 change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Savoie town +9%.
Bourdeau sits below 61% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (21%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourdeau 44.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Bourdeau’s residents are over 44.2, older than in 51% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Savoie 51.5%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 57% of compared French towns: 24%
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 Savoie median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. One-person households make up 35%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€34,800 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €34,800 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 96% of compared French towns.
41% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 87% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 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).
6.3% of Bourdeau’s 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.
On the census count, 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals. That is lower than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Savoie has 7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bourdeau sits below 88% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
Here, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 6.7% in Bourdeau, less than in 99% 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
56% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). The comparison figure for adults with no qualification is 19% in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 572 to 2,582
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.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Bourdeau
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourdeau | 44.2 | 21% | 13% | 6.3% |
| Tresserve 2,909 · 2.2 mi | 55.3 | 34% | 13% | 6.3% |
| Le Bourget-du-Lac 5,216 · 2.2 mi | 36.5 | 19% | 7.6% | 4.7% |
| Aix-les-Bains 32,406 · 2.9 mi | 48.5 | 28% | 15% | 11% |
| Drumettaz-Clarafond 3,012 · 3.6 mi | 41.3 | 17% | 4.2% | 4.1% |
| Yenne 3,026 · 4.6 mi | 44.3 | 25% | 5.1% | 4.9% |
| Grésy-sur-Aix 4,740 · 4.7 mi | 43.4 | 19% | 2.7% | 6.9% |
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 Bourdeau
What is the population of Bourdeau?
572 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (562).
How old are Bourdeau’s residents?
The median age is 44.2, older than 51% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourdeau?
46, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourdeau?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourdeau?
€34,800 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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