Photo: Matti Blume · CC BY-SA 4.0A median age of 36: Le Bourget is younger than 94% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Le Bourget, 80%. Its 6,600 households held 15,925 residents at the 2023 Census. 38% of households have no car. Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 95% of compared French towns: 20%.
Throughout this page, the Seine-Saint-Denis 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 Le Bourget
Immigrants
INSEE counts 6,300 immigrants in Le Bourget (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 40% of residents, against 29% for the median compared commune in Seine-Saint-Denis. 34% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
A young town
Half of Le Bourget’s residents are under 36 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 21% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Le Bourget outgrew 51% of compared French towns: +5%
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 median Seine-Saint-Denis town changed +11% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +10% and the next six −4%.
14% of residents are 65 or over, below 94% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Bourget 36. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Le Bourget. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-Saint-Denis 51.1%, France 51.8%.
In Le Bourget, 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-Saint-Denis median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.4 people. More couples with children than in 69% of compared French towns: 29%. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. In Le Bourget, just over one in ten households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town.
Above 80% of compared French towns: 22% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
One household in three has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Locally, 9.9% of homes stand empty. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.6%, fewer than in three fifths of compared French towns. To put it in context, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €18,680 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.
The median standard of living in Le Bourget is €18,680 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 37.0% of residents.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 78% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 Le Bourget comes in at 13%. For comparison, 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).
More immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 40%
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Le Bourget has 34%. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
In Le Bourget, 36% of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 94% 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
45% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Le Bourget, 31% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 93% 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
For Le Bourget, the census puts graduates of higher education at 29%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 15,474 to 16,400 people, the 3rd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Montévrain is the youngest (32.8); Biscarrosse the oldest (53.2).
Le Bourget is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bourget | 36 | 14% | 1.6% | 40% |
| Drancy 72,390 · 1.2 mi | 35.9 | 13% | 1.2% | 35% |
| Dugny 11,700 · 1.3 mi | 31.9 | 9.1% | 0.3% | 29% |
| Le Blanc-Mesnil 62,376 · 1.5 mi | 33.6 | 12% | 2% | 36% |
| La Courneuve 47,167 · 1.7 mi | 33.7 | 9.7% | 0.6% | 49% |
| Bobigny 56,927 · 2.1 mi | 34.2 | 12% | 0.7% | 39% |
| Stains 41,388 · 2.4 mi | 32.4 | 10% | 0.2% | 36% |
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 Le Bourget
What is the population of Le Bourget?
15,925 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (15,139).
How old are Le Bourget’s residents?
The median age is 36, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Bourget?
120, with occasional dwellings: 1.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Bourget?
INSEE counts 6,300 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 40% of residents, and 5,430 foreign nationals (34%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Bourget?
€18,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 37.0% 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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