Photo: Gnrc · CC BY-SA 4.0Bormes-les-Mimosas is older than 96% of compared French towns: a median age of 56.9
The share of couples with children is 16%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. 8,545 residents in 4,360 households: that is Bormes-les-Mimosas at the 2023 Census. Across Bormes-les-Mimosas, 1.3% of homes stand empty. This Var town has more households headed by a retired person than 92% of compared French towns, at 44%.
Throughout this page, the Var 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 Bormes-les-Mimosas
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 7,050 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bormes-les-Mimosas, 61% of its 11,550 homes: higher than in 99% of compared French towns. 39% 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 Bormes-les-Mimosas’ residents are under 56.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
61% of homes are second homes, more than in 99% of compared French towns
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
13% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years. More flats than in 79% of compared French towns: 54%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Bormes-les-Mimosas comes in at 7.7%.
A +11% change since 2012: faster than 72% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +5%; 2017 to 2023, +5%.
More residents aged 65 and over than 96% of compared French towns: 37%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bormes-les-Mimosas 56.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, 6.7% of residents are 15 to 24 in Bormes-les-Mimosas. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%.
In Bormes-les-Mimosas, 39% of households are one person living alone, more than in 67% 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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 9% of households are single parents in Bormes-les-Mimosas. A household here holds 1.9 people on average. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €27,380 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 Bormes-les-Mimosas is €27,380 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 65% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 13.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Only 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Bormes-les-Mimosas
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 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Bormes-les-Mimosas comes in at 8.1%. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 57% of compared French towns: 7.5% 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.
Foreign nationals make up about one in 19 here (5.2%). On average, 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.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Bormes-les-Mimosas
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 figure for married residents is 45% in Bormes-les-Mimosas and 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 62% of compared French towns: 27%
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 account for 18%. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 8,453 to 8,629 people, the 3rd 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.
Varces-Allières-et-Risset is the youngest (35.8); Le Grau-du-Roi the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Bormes-les-Mimosas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bormes-les-Mimosas | 56.9 | 37% | 61% | 7.5% |
| Le Lavandou 6,646 · 1.5 mi | 58.5 | 40% | 71% | 9.2% |
| La Londe-les-Maures 10,584 · 5.2 mi | 59.6 | 40% | 51% | 7.7% |
| Cavalaire-sur-Mer 8,121 · 9.5 mi | 57.1 | 38% | 66% | 11% |
| Hyères 55,858 · 10.7 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 25% | 7.5% |
| Pierrefeu-du-Var 6,084 · 11.5 mi | 48 | 23% | 6.8% | 3.2% |
| La Croix-Valmer 3,855 · 12.2 mi | 47.6 | 26% | 71% | 14% |
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 Bormes-les-Mimosas
What is the population of Bormes-les-Mimosas?
8,545 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (7,698).
How old are Bormes-les-Mimosas’ residents?
The median age is 56.9, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bormes-les-Mimosas?
7,050, with occasional dwellings: 61% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bormes-les-Mimosas?
INSEE counts 640 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 440 foreign nationals (5.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bormes-les-Mimosas?
€27,380 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 13.0% 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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