A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 90% of compared French towns, at 32%
By its share of couples with children (18%), Bonsecours is below 83% of compared French towns. In Bonsecours, 42% of households are headed by a retired person. Just over half of homes are flats, more than in 76% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 6,442 residents in 3,210 households.
Throughout this page, the Seine-Maritime 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.
Since 2012, Bonsecours has changed by −1%, slower than 74% 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
Older than 83% of compared French towns: half of Bonsecours is over 50
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bonsecours 50. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 10%, against 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Seine-Maritime 52.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 73% of compared French towns
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 Seine-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 8.5% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%. There are 2 people in the average household.
Bonsecours ranks below 81% of compared French towns on empty homes: 4.5%
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
The share of second homes trails 80% of compared French towns: 1%. Bonsecours has more households in social housing than 61% of compared French towns, at 15%. As a reference point, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up just over one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%.
Median standard of living: €29,830 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,830 a year: higher than in 84% of compared French towns. The poverty rate is 10.0%.
Below 89% of compared French towns: 7.6% of households are headed by a manual worker
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
16% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. Typically, 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).
Below 66% of compared French towns: 4.8% 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.
3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 73% 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
On the census count, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns: 41%
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 15%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 8th 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.
The youngest is La Tronche (34.9), the oldest Arès (57.5).
Every neighbor is younger than Bonsecours
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonsecours | 50 | 32% | 1% | 4.8% |
| Le Mesnil-Esnard 8,177 · 1.1 mi | 47.5 | 28% | 1.1% | 5.9% |
| Saint-Léger-du-Bourg-Denis 3,633 · 1.4 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1% | 3.9% |
| Amfreville-la-Mi-Voie 3,265 · 1.5 mi | 36.8 | 13% | 1.9% | 9.6% |
| Darnétal 9,566 · 1.6 mi | 38 | 19% | 1.1% | 9.8% |
| Rouen 117,662 · 1.7 mi | 31.6 | 14% | 3.7% | 15% |
| Sotteville-lès-Rouen 29,003 · 1.8 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 11% |
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 Bonsecours
What is the population of Bonsecours?
6,442 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (6,510).
How old are Bonsecours’ residents?
The median age is 50, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bonsecours?
34, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bonsecours?
INSEE counts 310 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 220 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bonsecours?
€29,830 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 10.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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