Bournazel is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.4
30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, against 0.8% in Bournazel. This Tarn town has fewer empty homes than 97% of compared French towns, at 2.6%. In 2023, the Census found 223 residents here, living in 110 households. For Bournazel, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 17%.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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 Bournazel
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 30 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bournazel, 21% of its 140 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Bournazel’s residents are under 54.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Bournazel had 181 residents at the 2012 census and 223 in 2023, up 23%: faster growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bournazel sits above 93% of compared French towns for second homes (21%)
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
Without a car: one household in 19, against 11% in the median compared French town. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Households without a car account for 5.4%.
A growing town: +23% since 2012, faster than 93% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Tarn town +7%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +6%; from 2017 to 2023, +16%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 6.7%, a lower share than 98% 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
■ Bournazel 54.4. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Bournazel sits below 98% of compared French towns for single-parent households (5.6%)
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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Bournazel has 22%. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.1 people on average. Few places have so few one-person households: 33% here, fewer than in 59% of compared French towns.
Median standard of living: €22,780 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 Bournazel is €22,780 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Bournazel sits below 70% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (11%)
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
A third of households are headed by a retired person, or about one in three. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
8.2% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 75% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 9.7% in Bournazel. That is higher than in 69% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Tarn has 6%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Single residents make up 21% in Bournazel, less than in 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Bournazel, 48%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 91% of compared French towns: 11%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (36%), Bournazel is above 70% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 223 to 2,582 people, the 7th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Bournazel 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bournazel | 54.4 | 28% | 21% | 9.7% |
| Blaye-les-Mines 2,902 · 10.1 mi | 51 | 29% | 1.9% | 6.2% |
| Carmaux 9,872 · 10.3 mi | 52.4 | 32% | 2.8% | 8.4% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 11.5 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 13.2 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 13.7 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 14.1 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
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 Bournazel
What is the population of Bournazel?
223 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 23% more than in 2012 (181).
How old are Bournazel’s residents?
The median age is 54.4, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bournazel?
30, with occasional dwellings: 21% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bournazel?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.7% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (8.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bournazel?
€22,780 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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