38% of homes are second homes, a share 96% of compared French towns don’t reach
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, above 79% of compared French towns. Beaulieu had 544 residents in 260 households at the 2023 census. Across Beaulieu, 3.3% of homes are flats. At 3.1%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 95% 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.
What stands out about the people of Beaulieu
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 170 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beaulieu, 38% of its 440 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
3.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 96% 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
The share of households in social housing trails 73% of compared French towns: 7.6%. Long tenure is the mark of 19% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 12% (under two years). To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Beaulieu has grown +16%, faster than 83% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +9% to 2023. Over those years, the median Ardèche town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%.
Beaulieu sits below 96% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.2%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaulieu 49. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Beaulieu’s residents are over 49, older than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 22% of households are couples with children in Beaulieu
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
In Beaulieu, 12% of households are single parents, beside 10% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Roughly three in ten: nearly a third of households are one person living alone.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €20,420 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 €20,420 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 44% of households are headed by a retired person
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
18% of households are headed by a manual worker; in the typical compared French town the figure is 14%. The wider picture: 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Beaulieu sits below 69% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.4%)
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.
Foreign nationals: 3.3% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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.
In Beaulieu, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 98% 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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Beaulieu comes in at 48%. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Beaulieu ranks below 80% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 14%
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 (27%), Beaulieu is below 62% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 15th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Beaulieu and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaulieu | 49 | 28% | 38% | 4.4% |
| Les Vans 2,662 · 6 mi | 58.6 | 39% | 25% | 8.7% |
| Saint-Ambroix 3,445 · 7.7 mi | 56.1 | 37% | 7.8% | 5% |
| Bessèges 2,606 · 8.4 mi | 59.4 | 40% | 9.6% | 4.7% |
| Rousson 4,456 · 13.2 mi | 46.3 | 24% | 1.8% | 4.1% |
| Salindres 3,648 · 13.8 mi | 44.6 | 23% | 2.2% | 4% |
| Saint-Julien-les-Rosiers 3,533 · 14.5 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 2.1% | 4.3% |
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 Beaulieu
What is the population of Beaulieu?
544 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (469).
How old are Beaulieu’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaulieu?
170, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaulieu?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (3.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaulieu?
€20,420 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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