In Beauvène, 47% of homes are second homes, more than in 97% of compared French towns
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 7% in Beauvène and 11% in the typical compared French town. The town had 204 residents in 100 households at the 2023 census. The share of empty homes stands at 2.8%. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% 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 Beauvène
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 98 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beauvène, 47% of its 210 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Beauvène had 240 residents at the 2012 census and 204 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Beauvène’s residents are under 51.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Flats make up 2.7% in Beauvène, less than in 99% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 3.8% (under two years). Few places have so few households in social housing: 5.6% here, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns. Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Beauvène has 8.8%.
Beauvène changed by −15% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 99% 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 median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Ardèche town +4%. The change was −13% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023.
Beauvène is older than 86% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beauvène 51.1. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (30%), Beauvène is above 85% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ardèche 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 4.8%, a lower share than 99% 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
Households here average 2 people each. Typically, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, couples with children are scarce here: 21%, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. By contrast, the share of one-person households is 36%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
€20,130 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €20,130 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 46% in Beauvène, more than in 94% 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
Locally, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Elsewhere, 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).
In Beauvène, 4.4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 70% 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.
Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.4% in Beauvène. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
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
Married residents: 40%, below 68% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Beauvène sits below 64% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (26%)
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 adults with no qualification (22%), Beauvène is above 64% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
11th highest median age among 41 French towns of 204 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Beauvène: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauvène | 51.1 | 30% | 47% | 4.4% |
| Le Cheylard 2,803 · 5.1 mi | 56.8 | 38% | 8.3% | 2.2% |
| Privas 8,538 · 10.7 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.3% | 10% |
| Chomérac 3,183 · 13.7 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 5.1% | 3.9% |
| La Voulte-sur-Rhône 4,854 · 13.8 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 1.7% | 10% |
| Le Pouzin 2,886 · 14.2 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Charmes-sur-Rhône 3,143 · 15.6 mi | 43.5 | 21% | 2.4% | 3.6% |
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 Beauvène
What is the population of Beauvène?
204 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (240).
How old are Beauvène’s residents?
The median age is 51.1, older than 86% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beauvène?
98, with occasional dwellings: 47% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beauvène?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beauvène?
€20,130 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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