Photo: Marianne Casamance · CC BY-SA 3.0A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 85% of compared French towns: 41%
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Bollène. In 2023, the Census found 14,024 residents here, living in 6,600 households. The share of couples with children stands at 21%. On empty homes, Bollène sits higher than 72% of compared French towns: 8.9%.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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.
Bollène’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 73% 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 −4%; 2017 to 2023, +4%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vaucluse town +7%.
Older than 76% of compared French towns: half of Bollène is over 48.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bollène 48.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Here nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Bollène, 8.5% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
Bollène ranks below 56% of compared French towns on flats: 26%
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
Here 13% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. Bollène has more second homes than 57% of compared French towns, at 2.6%. Against that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €21,880 a year in standard of living
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 Bollène is €21,880 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 89% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 27.0% of residents.
Below 70% of compared French towns: 6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 15% of the total. On average, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 14% in Bollène, more than in 82% of compared French towns
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.
Here one in ten residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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.
Bollène sits above 83% of compared French towns for married residents (48%)
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
31% of adults out of school have no qualification, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Graduates of higher education make up 19%, against 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (13,651 to 14,432 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.
The youngest is Fleury-Mérogis (30.2), the oldest Douarnenez (55.6).
Of the 6 towns nearest Bollène, 1 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bollène | 48.3 | 27% | 2.6% | 14% |
| Lapalud 3,853 · 3.3 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.7% | 6.6% |
| Mondragon 3,833 · 3.8 mi | 45.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 7.2% |
| Saint-Paul-Trois-Châteaux 8,981 · 4.1 mi | 45.4 | 25% | 6.6% | 8.8% |
| Pont-Saint-Esprit 10,958 · 5.9 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 2.6% | 11% |
| Mornas 2,569 · 6 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 4.1% | 5% |
| Pierrelatte 13,756 · 6.3 mi | 42.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 13% |
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 Bollène
What is the population of Bollène?
14,024 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (14,131).
How old are Bollène’s residents?
The median age is 48.3, older than 76% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bollène?
190, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bollène?
INSEE counts 1,900 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 1,450 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bollène?
€21,880 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 27.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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