Half of Benayes is over 60.3, older than 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in Benayes, 4%. This Corrèze town has fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns, at 1%. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 224, in 120 households. The census found that 16% of households are couples with children in the town.
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Benayes
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Benayes, 22% of its 200 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 98% 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 Benayes’ residents are under 60.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Benayes had 254 residents at the 2012 census and 224 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 33 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 22%, a higher share than 94% 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 in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Locally, 17% of homes stand empty. The figure for households without a car is 7.6% in Benayes and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Benayes changed by −12% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Corrèze town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −10%; from 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Benayes: 41% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Benayes 60.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 2.5%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A larger share of one-person households than 64% of compared French towns: 39%
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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
One in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 8.3% in Benayes. Households here average 1.8 people each. The usual figure: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €24,570 a year in 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.
Half of Benayes’ residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,570 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 86% of compared French towns: 8.3%
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
38% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Typically, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
7.6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 72% 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 higher than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Corrèze has 6.1%. Across the comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Benayes ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 16%
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
Here 47% of residents 15 and over are married, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 43%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 55% of compared French towns: 29%
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
Across Benayes, a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
4th highest median age among 41 French towns of 224 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Benayes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benayes | 60.3 | 41% | 22% | 7.6% |
| Uzerche 2,814 · 7.9 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 9.9% | 5.6% |
| Saint-Yrieix-la-Perche 6,830 · 12.7 mi | 57 | 36% | 4.8% | 5.5% |
| Nexon 2,548 · 17.4 mi | 48.6 | 28% | 5.8% | 3.2% |
| Objat 3,721 · 17.9 mi | 52.4 | 33% | 6% | 4.6% |
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 Benayes
What is the population of Benayes?
224 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (254).
How old are Benayes’ residents?
The median age is 60.3, older than 98% of compared French towns. 11% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Benayes?
44, with occasional dwellings: 22% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Benayes?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (7.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Benayes?
€24,570 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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