44% of homes in Bonnieux are second homes
The figure for flats is 8.1% in Bonnieux and 30% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 6.2%, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. This Vaucluse town had 1,198 residents in 610 households at the 2023 Census. In Bonnieux, 16% of households are couples with children.
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.
What stands out about the people of Bonnieux
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 550 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bonnieux, 44% of its 1,250 homes: higher than in 97% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bonnieux had 1,395 residents at the 2012 census and 1,198 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bonnieux’s residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bonnieux ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 1.3%
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
Nearly one in ten households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. As a yardstick, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Fewer households without a car than in 81% of compared French towns: 5.8%. Car-free households: one in 17, where the median compared French town has 11%.
A −14% change since 2012: slower than 99% 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 Vaucluse town +7%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −6%; 2017 to 2023, −9%.
Bonnieux is older than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 53.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bonnieux 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Bonnieux has 34%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
In Bonnieux, 41% of households are one person living alone, more than in 72% 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
Single-parent households are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 9.2%. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people.
A median standard of living of €24,910 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,910 a year: lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 44% of households are headed by a retired person
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 manager or professional: 12% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker stands at 8.6%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bonnieux: 7% of residents are foreign nationals, above 70% 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.
In Bonnieux, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%. The comparison figure for foreign nationals is 4.3% 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.
Fewer single residents than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Locally, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Above 66% of compared French towns: 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Bonnieux has 17%. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,198 to 2,582
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).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Bonnieux 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bonnieux | 53.9 | 34% | 44% | 8.9% |
| Gargas 3,035 · 5 mi | 54.8 | 32% | 12% | 6.5% |
| Apt 10,143 · 5.4 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 9.4% | 14% |
| Lauris 3,921 · 5.6 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 13% | 5.7% |
| Cadenet 4,363 · 7.5 mi | 46 | 25% | 5.9% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Saturnin-lès-Apt 3,004 · 7.5 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 31% | 6.5% |
| La Roque-d'Anthéron 5,459 · 8 mi | 45 | 22% | 3% | 10% |
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 Bonnieux
What is the population of Bonnieux?
1,198 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (1,395).
How old are Bonnieux’s residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bonnieux?
550, with occasional dwellings: 44% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bonnieux?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.9% of residents, and 84 foreign nationals (7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bonnieux?
€24,910 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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