Fewer households in social housing than 98% of compared French towns: 1.6%
Flats make up 4.4%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. 5.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns. Bouresse counted 620 residents and 280 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 3.6% of households are single parents.
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.
What stands out about the people of Bouresse
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 45 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bouresse, 12% of its 390 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 85% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 66 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bouresse: 17% of homes stand empty, above 98% 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
6.4% of households have no car, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in eight: just over one in ten homes are second homes.
Bouresse grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 71% 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, +6%.
Bouresse is older than 54% of compared French towns: a median age of 44.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bouresse 44.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Bouresse and 11% in the typical compared French town. By contrast, at 23%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 72% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Households average 2.2 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. One-person households are rarer here than in 57% of compared French towns.
€23,060 a year: the median 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 Bouresse is €23,060 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Bouresse: 40% of households are headed by a retired person, above 84% 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
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops just over three quarters of compared French towns: 18%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 4.3% in Bouresse, less than in 71% 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.
4.1% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, below 76% 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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Bouresse. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Bouresse sits below 81% 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 account for 20%. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
17th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 620 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
5 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Bouresse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bouresse | 44.6 | 23% | 12% | 4.3% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 9.8 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 1.8% |
| Nieuil-l'Espoir 2,631 · 11 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 0.7% | 1.9% |
| Nouaillé-Maupertuis 2,975 · 13.2 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.9% | 1.9% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 14.1 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars 2,880 · 14.4 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Chauvigny 7,007 · 14.4 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
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 Bouresse
What is the population of Bouresse?
620 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (561).
How old are Bouresse’s residents?
The median age is 44.6, older than 54% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bouresse?
45, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bouresse?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (4.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bouresse?
€23,060 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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