A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1%
By its share of households headed by a retired person (25%), Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt is below 83% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 230 residents and 96 households in the town. About one in three: that is how common couples with children are in Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt (30%). The median age here is 46.5, higher than in 66% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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.
From 2012 to 2023, Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt outgrew 61% of compared French towns: +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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −4% for the median Aisne town, the change came in two steps: +24% from 2012 to 2017, then −13% to 2023.
Only 9.3% of residents are 15 to 24 in Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt 46.5. The median compared French town: 44.
For Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 21%. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 25% in Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt, less than in 94% 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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.4 people. Single-parent households make up about one in ten here (10%). One-person households: 35% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
100% of homes are houses
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Of all households, 4% moved in during the last two years and 28% have stayed three decades or more. At 2.8%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €28,130 a year per consumption unit
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 €28,130 a year: higher than in 72% of compared French towns.
Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt ranks below 77% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 10%
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns, at 3.4%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt comes in at 3%. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 56%
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 share of single residents is 20%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt, less than in 89% of compared French towns
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
With graduates of higher education at 35%, Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt is ahead of 66% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (230 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt | 46.5 | 21% | 2.8% | 3.4% |
| Laon 24,220 · 4 mi | 40.8 | 21% | 1.8% | 9.4% |
| Athies-sous-Laon 2,578 · 6.5 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.7% | 2% |
| La Fère 2,796 · 12.5 mi | 39.7 | 21% | 2.3% | 5.6% |
| Crouy 3,049 · 12.6 mi | 44.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 5.7% |
| Beautor 2,579 · 13.2 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 0.4% | 5.4% |
| Villeneuve-Saint-Germain 2,616 · 13.9 mi | 42.3 | 21% | 1.3% | 12% |
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 Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt
What is the population of Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt?
230 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (214).
How old are Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt’s residents?
The median age is 46.5, older than 66% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt?
3, with occasional dwellings: 2.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Vaucelles-et-Beffecourt?
€28,130 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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