A smaller share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 13%
38% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). There were 40 households in Belloc at the 2023 Census, home to 84 residents. Residents aged 15 to 24: 6% of the total. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Ariège 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 Belloc
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 7 second homes and occasional dwellings in Belloc, 14% of its 51 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 86% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Belloc had 64 residents at the 2012 census and 84 in 2023, up 31%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Belloc’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 33% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households without a car make up 2.5% in Belloc, 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
14% of homes are second homes (Ariège median 5.3%, France median 2.1%) and 7.7% are empty (6.7%). Belloc has fewer flats than 91% of compared French towns, at 7.9%. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car.
Faster growth than 97% of compared French towns: Belloc changed by +31% since 2012
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 first five years brought +19%; the six to 2023, +11%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Ariège town +2%.
Older than 74% of compared French towns: half of Belloc is over 48
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Belloc 48. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over; in Belloc, 25%.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 83 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Ariège 52.2%, France 51.8%.
In Belloc, 50% of households are one person living alone, more 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 Ariège median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households tops 83% of compared French towns: 13%. In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%.
25% of households are headed by a retired person, below 83% 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
Households headed by a manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 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).
More foreign nationals than 89% of compared French towns: 13%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Belloc, 12%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Ariège has 9.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 34% of residents 15 and over are married in Belloc
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
Put another way, about one in four: 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 87% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Here 40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 84 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 Belloc: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Belloc
What is the population of Belloc?
84 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% more than in 2012 (64).
How old are Belloc’s residents?
The median age is 48, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Belloc?
7, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Belloc?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (13%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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