Bourneau sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (1.5%)
The figure for single-parent households is 6.2% in Bourneau and 10% in the typical compared French town. Across Bourneau, 2.4% of households have no car. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 88% of compared French towns. This Vendée town had 710 residents in 320 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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 Bourneau
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 51 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bourneau, 13% of its 400 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 96% 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
Bourneau had 763 residents at the 2012 census and 710 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bourneau sits above 90% of compared French towns for second homes (13%)
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
At 5.8%, empty homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. 10% of households arrived within the last two years, while 19% have stayed 30 years or more. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 93% of compared French towns grew faster than Bourneau: −7%
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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Vendée town +9%. The change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023.
19% of residents are 65 or over, below 69% 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
■ Bourneau 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.7, Bourneau is older than 61% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Here, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%.
Bourneau ranks below 65% of compared French towns on one-person households: 32%
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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. Couples with children are rarer here than in 63% of compared French towns. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,840 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.
Half of Bourneau’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,840 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 73% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 29%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
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 retired person: 30% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in Bourneau. Elsewhere, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.6% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 77% 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 Bourneau, 2.5% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The median compared commune in Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents make up 46% in Bourneau, more than in 74% 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
About one in four: that is how common single residents are in Bourneau (26%). In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 46% and 6.2%, and 5.6% are widowed.
Bourneau sits below 82% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (21%)
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: 17% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 710 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).
Older than Bourneau: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bourneau | 45.7 | 19% | 13% | 3.6% |
| Fontenay-le-Comte 14,059 · 5.5 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 3.1% | 7.5% |
| La Châtaigneraie 2,600 · 8.1 mi | 55.1 | 35% | 3.1% | 4.5% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Hermine 3,611 · 12 mi | 42.4 | 22% | 5.2% | 3.1% |
| Chantonnay 8,557 · 14.4 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 3.5% | 3.3% |
| Benet 4,089 · 15.9 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 4.7% | 2.2% |
| Pouzauges 5,668 · 16.3 mi | 46.3 | 23% | 3.3% | 3.9% |
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 Bourneau
What is the population of Bourneau?
710 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (763).
How old are Bourneau’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bourneau?
51, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bourneau?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bourneau?
€23,840 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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