Below 99% of compared French towns: 2.8% of homes are flats
3.3% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). Census day 2023: 1,087 residents and 490 households in Bignoux. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 7.8%. Fewer households headed by a manual worker than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.2%.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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.
Since 2012, Bignoux has changed by +4%, slower than 54% 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
Half of Bignoux is over 46.8, older than 68% 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
■ Bignoux 46.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Roughly two in ten: 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Bignoux comes in at 26%. On average, 2.2 people share a household. Couples with children are more common here than in 52% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of empty homes than 92% of compared French towns: 3.5%
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
Households in social housing: 6.8%, below 77% of compared French towns. 7.2% of households arrived within the last two years, while 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Few places have as many second homes: 2.1% here, more than in just over half of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%.
Median standard of living: €29,150 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 midpoint of living standards here is €29,150 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 79% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 56% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in half of compared French towns: 9.4%. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person 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 2.8% in Bignoux, less than in 83% 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.
2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 17% of residents 15 and over are single
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 49% in Bignoux. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 93% 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 (38%), Bignoux is above 75% of compared French towns. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
18th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,087 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Bignoux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bignoux | 46.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 2.8% |
| Montamisé 3,723 · 2.6 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars 2,880 · 3.3 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Mignaloux-Beauvoir 5,229 · 4.7 mi | 41.4 | 22% | 1.7% | 6% |
| Buxerolles 10,289 · 5.3 mi | 43.5 | 25% | 1.8% | 8.1% |
| Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux 4,385 · 5.5 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Poitiers 89,916 · 5.9 mi | 30 | 16% | 3.6% | 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 Bignoux
What is the population of Bignoux?
1,087 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,047).
How old are Bignoux’s residents?
The median age is 46.8, older than 68% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bignoux?
11, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bignoux?
INSEE counts 31 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bignoux?
€29,150 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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