35% of households are couples with children, more than in 93% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Bézu-Saint-Éloi comes in at 7.2%. The town had 1,626 residents in 640 households at the 2023 census. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 24% locally. Few places have so few residents aged 65 and over: 15% here, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Bézu-Saint-Éloi
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Bézu-Saint-Éloi outgrew 70% of compared French towns: +10%
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
Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then +8% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Eure.
A median age of 40.2: Bézu-Saint-Éloi is younger than 78% 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
■ Bézu-Saint-Éloi 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Bézu-Saint-Éloi, 10% of residents are 15 to 24, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
26% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns
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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Bézu-Saint-Éloi. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people.
In Bézu-Saint-Éloi, 3.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 93% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for just over one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 21%. In the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing is 12%. Households without a car are rarer here than in 79% of compared French towns. 5.5% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%.
€27,130 a year is the median standard of living here
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 residents live in households above €27,130 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 21% in Bézu-Saint-Éloi, less than in 93% 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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Bézu-Saint-Éloi has 11%. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 65% of compared French towns, at 4.8%
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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 3% in Bézu-Saint-Éloi. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
In Bézu-Saint-Éloi, 49% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 89% 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
Single residents: 23%, below 67% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,626 to 2,582 people), the 4th 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).
Bézu-Saint-Éloi is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bézu-Saint-Éloi | 40.2 | 15% | 2.1% | 4.8% |
| Gisors 12,410 · 3.5 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.2% |
| Étrépagny 3,670 · 4.1 mi | 47.8 | 24% | 1.5% | 5.2% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 5.1 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin 3,338 · 8.5 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.4% | 7.5% |
| Vexin-sur-Epte 6,015 · 9.8 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 12% | 3.8% |
| Magny-en-Vexin 5,779 · 10.5 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 1.5% | 11% |
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 Bézu-Saint-Éloi
What is the population of Bézu-Saint-Éloi?
1,626 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (1,475).
How old are Bézu-Saint-Éloi’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bézu-Saint-Éloi?
15, with occasional dwellings: 2.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bézu-Saint-Éloi?
INSEE counts 79 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 49 foreign nationals (3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bézu-Saint-Éloi?
€27,130 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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