1.4% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (15%), Bourdon is below 91% of compared French towns. The town’s 150 households held 376 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in four: 25% of households are one person living alone. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 4.4%, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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.
Bourdon changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 82% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Somme town −3%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Younger than 58% of compared French towns: half of Bourdon is under 43
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bourdon 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly one in ten: 10% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
6.6% of households are single parents, below 93% 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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.4 people. For comparison, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More couples with children than in 58% of compared French towns: 27%.
97% of homes are houses
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. 6.7% of homes stand empty.
At the median, €29,000 a year to live on
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 Bourdon’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €29,000 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 78% of compared French towns.
13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 69% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (17%), Bourdon is above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town. 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 94% of compared French towns: 1.8%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Bourdon comes in at 0.5%. The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. For immigrants, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 21%, a lower share than 88% 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
The share of married residents tops 77% of compared French towns: 47%. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 94% of compared French towns: 10%
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
Bourdon has fewer graduates of higher education than 53% of compared French towns, at 29%. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 376 to 2,582 people, the 12th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Bourdon: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourdon | 43 | 15% | 0% | 1.8% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 1.8 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 6.8 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Salouël 4,179 · 11.4 mi | 32.5 | 19% | 1% | 3.1% |
| Saleux 2,739 · 11.5 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
| Amiens 136,449 · 11.9 mi | 33.8 | 16% | 2.8% | 12% |
| Rivery 3,636 · 12.7 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 0.8% | 6.4% |
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 Bourdon
What is the population of Bourdon?
376 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (388).
How old are Bourdon’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourdon?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourdon?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourdon?
€29,000 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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