A median age of 54: Beauvais-sur-Matha is older than 93% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Beauvais-sur-Matha, 56%. 3.2% of households are single parents. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The town had 638 residents in 310 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Beauvais-sur-Matha
An older town
Half of Beauvais-sur-Matha’s residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Beauvais-sur-Matha had 672 residents at the 2012 census and 638 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 54 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Beauvais-sur-Matha changed by −5% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 88% 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 first five years brought −6%; the six to 2023, ±0%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 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
■ Beauvais-sur-Matha 54. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Beauvais-sur-Matha has 33%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 20% of households are couples with children in Beauvais-sur-Matha
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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
The figure for one-person households is 39% in Beauvais-sur-Matha and 35% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people.
Empty homes: 13%, a higher share than 92% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 2.9%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 31%. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. More second homes than in 86% of compared French towns: 8.1%. Without a car: one household in eight, against 11% in the median compared French town.
€21,870 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Living standards centre on €21,870 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 3.3% in Beauvais-sur-Matha, less than in 96% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker in Beauvais-sur-Matha. Typically, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Beauvais-sur-Matha: 6% of residents are foreign nationals, above 64% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 61% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente-Maritime has 3.1%. Census figures put immigrants at 5.2% in Beauvais-sur-Matha. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Fewer married residents than 59% of compared French towns: 42%
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 Beauvais-sur-Matha, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Beauvais-sur-Matha has 26%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 638 to 2,582 people, the 7th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Beauvais-sur-Matha: 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauvais-sur-Matha | 54 | 33% | 8.1% | 5.2% |
| Rouillac 2,919 · 8.8 mi | 49.3 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.6% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 12.6 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Jarnac 4,486 · 13.7 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3.8% | 4.5% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 14.8 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 15.1 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 16.5 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
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 Beauvais-sur-Matha
What is the population of Beauvais-sur-Matha?
638 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (672).
How old are Beauvais-sur-Matha’s residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beauvais-sur-Matha?
32, with occasional dwellings: 8.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beauvais-sur-Matha?
INSEE counts 33 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 38 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beauvais-sur-Matha?
€21,870 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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