Beauchastel: 14% of households are single parents, above 93% of compared French towns
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Beauchastel has 17%. Census day 2023: 1,800 residents and 750 households locally. Across Beauchastel, a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker. Nearly a fifth of residents are 65 or over, a lower share than in 72% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ardèche 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.
Beauchastel’s population moved +3% on 2012, less than in 57% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 −1%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ardèche town +4%.
12% of residents are 15 to 24, more than in 79% 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
■ Beauchastel 43. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Beauchastel’s residents are under 43, younger than in 58% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
In Beauchastel, 29% of households are couples with children, more than in 73% 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 Ardèche median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.2 people on average. In the typical compared French town, couples with children come to 25%. Few places have so few one-person households: 34% here, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households without a car than 80% of compared French towns: 6.1%
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
Second homes: 4.1%, above 72% of compared French towns. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 11%, fewer than in 57% of compared French towns. In the last two years, one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more.
A median of €24,520 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.
Half of Beauchastel’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,520 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Beauchastel ranks above 56% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 34%
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
At 8.3%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 57% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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 4.1% in Beauchastel, less than in 73% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 2.3%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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.
Married residents: 35%, a lower share than 90% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Beauchastel has 33%. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 58% 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
On graduates of higher education, Beauchastel sits lower than 52% of compared French towns: 29%. In the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,800 to 2,582 people), the 12th youngest
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).
Beauchastel is younger than 3 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauchastel | 43 | 19% | 4.1% | 4.1% |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 4,854 · 1.7 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 1.7% | 10% |
| Charmes-sur-Rhône 3,143 · 3.1 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
| Livron-sur-Drôme 9,329 · 3.6 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.4% | 4.8% |
| Étoile-sur-Rhône 5,468 · 4.1 mi | 43 | 20% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Portes-lès-Valence 10,477 · 4.8 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 0.9% | 9.8% |
| Loriol-sur-Drôme 6,614 · 5.2 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.3% | 9.2% |
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 Beauchastel
What is the population of Beauchastel?
1,800 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (1,747).
How old are Beauchastel’s residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beauchastel?
35, with occasional dwellings: 4.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beauchastel?
INSEE counts 73 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.1% of residents, and 42 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beauchastel?
€24,520 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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