Half of Beauvoisin is over 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Beauvoisin had 141 residents in 76 households at the 2023 census. The share of single-parent households stands at 6.7%. Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 47% here.
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 Beauvoisin
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 53 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beauvoisin, 39% of its 140 homes: higher than in 96% 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 Beauvoisin’s residents are under 57.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Beauvoisin had 157 residents at the 2012 census and 141 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
Without a car: one household in 13, against 11% in the median compared French town. Across the comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 5.1% of homes are flats. At 7.9%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
A change of −10% since 2012 leaves Beauvoisin behind 97% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Drôme town +8%.
5.7% of residents are 15 to 24, below 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
■ Beauvoisin 57.9. The median compared French town: 44.
36% of residents are 65 or over (typical compared French town: 22%). The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Drôme 51.8%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of couples with children than 95% of compared French towns: 13%
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
There are 1.9 people in the average household. Beauvoisin has more one-person households than 69% of compared French towns, at 40%. Couples with children make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €25,900 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.
Living standards centre on €25,900 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 6.7%, a lower share than 92% 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. The usual figure: 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).
5.7% of residents in Beauvoisin are immigrants
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 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Drôme has 6.5%. About one in 18: that is how common immigrants are in Beauvoisin (5.7%). Foreign nationals are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Beauvoisin, 40% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 72% 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
The share of single residents trails 68% of compared French towns: 23%. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 61% of compared French towns: 33%
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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Beauvoisin, 17%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 141 to 2,582 people: this is the 5th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Beauvoisin
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 Beauvoisin
What is the population of Beauvoisin?
141 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (157).
How old are Beauvoisin’s residents?
The median age is 57.9, older than 97% of compared French towns. 9.2% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beauvoisin?
53, with occasional dwellings: 39% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beauvoisin?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beauvoisin?
€25,900 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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