Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%
Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, 2% of households rent social housing (HLM) in Beddes. Census day 2023: 105 residents and 49 households locally. Roughly four in ten: 40% of households are headed by a retired person. Households without a car are rarer here than in 94% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Cher 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 Beddes
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beddes, 18% of its 73 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Beddes’ residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Growing fast
Beddes had 89 residents at the 2012 census and 105 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Beddes, 18% of homes are second homes, more than in 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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 15% of homes stand empty here. Elsewhere, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, Beddes outgrew 87% of compared French towns: +18%
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 change was +4%; from 2017 to 2023, +13%.
A median age of 52.5: Beddes is older than 90% 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
■ Beddes 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in Beddes. Across Beddes, just over a third of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Cher 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Beddes ranks above 75% of compared French towns on couples with children: 30%
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 Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.2 people on average. Set beside that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 77% of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 10%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town.
Beddes: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manual worker come to 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.9% of residents are foreign nationals in Beddes
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 4.7%, against 6.5% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Cher has 4.6%. Elsewhere, 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.
In Beddes, 17% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 99% 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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 47% in Beddes. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns, at 20%
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%; Beddes has 22%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 105 to 2,582 people
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.
Every neighbor is older than Beddes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beddes | 52.5 | 34% | 18% | 4.7% |
| La Châtre 4,037 · 10.9 mi | 56.2 | 39% | 6.5% | 4.6% |
| Saint-Amand-Montrond 9,899 · 16.3 mi | 54.5 | 35% | 3.9% | 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 Beddes
What is the population of Beddes?
105 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (89).
How old are Beddes’ residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beddes?
13, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beddes?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.9%). 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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