Beausemblant ranks below 97% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.5%
One-person households make up 27%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Beausemblant had 1,475 residents in 620 households at the 2023 census. Households headed by a manual worker make up about one in four here (23%). 9.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 87% of compared French towns.
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.
+9% since 2012, a pace 67% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +6%, then +3% to 2023. Over those years, the median Drôme town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%.
In Beausemblant, 9.7% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 69% 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
■ Beausemblant 45. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45, Beausemblant is older than 56% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 77% of compared French towns: 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 Drôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.4 people. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town. Beausemblant has more single-parent households than 53% of compared French towns, at 10%.
6.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 80% 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
The share of empty homes trails 72% of compared French towns: 5.1%. As a yardstick, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. In Beausemblant, 4.2% of homes are second homes.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,300 a year
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 Beausemblant’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,300 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 74% 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 retired person make up about one in three here (32%). The comparison figure for households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 3%, a lower share than 65% 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.
Where 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, Beausemblant has 5.5%. Against that, 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Beausemblant
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Beausemblant comes in at 45%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 56% of compared French towns
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%; Beausemblant has 18%. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Beausemblant and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beausemblant | 45 | 22% | 4.2% | 5.5% |
| Saint-Vallier 4,027 · 2.7 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.5% | 13% |
| Anneyron 4,169 · 4.5 mi | 46 | 24% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Saint-Rambert-d'Albon 7,001 · 5.1 mi | 39.2 | 18% | 1% | 16% |
| Vernosc-lès-Annonay 2,725 · 5.8 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 1.1% | 2.6% |
| Chanas 2,706 · 6.7 mi | 40.6 | 18% | 3% | 11% |
| Davézieux 3,205 · 7 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 1.3% | 4.4% |
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 Beausemblant
What is the population of Beausemblant?
1,475 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,349).
How old are Beausemblant’s residents?
The median age is 45, older than 56% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beausemblant?
29, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beausemblant?
INSEE counts 82 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 44 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beausemblant?
€27,300 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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