Second homes make up 45% in Beaumont-en-Diois, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Beaumont-en-Diois had 103 residents in 51 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 3.9% of households have no car in the town. Here one in ten homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Throughout this page, the Drôme 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 Beaumont-en-Diois
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 44 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beaumont-en-Diois, 45% of its 98 homes: higher than in 97% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Beaumont-en-Diois had 87 residents at the 2012 census and 103 in 2023, up 18%: faster growth than in 88% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 3.1% in Beaumont-en-Diois, less than in 95% 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. Just over one in ten households have been in place 30 years or more; 9.8% moved in within the last two years. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 88% of compared French towns: Beaumont-en-Diois changed by +18% 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 median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +20% and the next six −1%.
3.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 99% 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
■ Beaumont-en-Diois 43.8. The median compared French town: 44.
In Beaumont-en-Diois, 18% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Add to that, the median age in the town is 43.8, lower than in 52% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
45% of households are one person living alone, a share 85% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.9 people share a household. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Few places have so few couples with children: 18% here, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 9.1%, a lower share than 82% 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
27% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. For comparison, 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).
A larger share of foreign nationals than 81% of compared French towns: 9.7%
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 69% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Beaumont-en-Diois sits above 99% of compared French towns for single residents (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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Beaumont-en-Diois has 35%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 98% of compared French towns: 8.5%
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 graduates of higher education is 30%; Beaumont-en-Diois has 40%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 103 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Beaumont-en-Diois
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 Beaumont-en-Diois
What is the population of Beaumont-en-Diois?
103 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% more than in 2012 (87).
How old are Beaumont-en-Diois’ residents?
The median age is 43.8, younger than 52% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaumont-en-Diois?
44, with occasional dwellings: 45% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaumont-en-Diois?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (9.7%). 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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