A median age of 57: Le Bec-Hellouin is older than 96% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.2% of households have no car here. Le Bec-Hellouin is home to 366 residents in 170 households, by the 2023 Census. For Le Bec-Hellouin, the census puts flats at 1.6%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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 Le Bec-Hellouin
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 59 second homes and occasional dwellings in Le Bec-Hellouin, 24% of its 240 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 Le Bec-Hellouin’s residents are under 57 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 40% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Bec-Hellouin had 420 residents at the 2012 census and 366 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
24% of homes in Le Bec-Hellouin are second homes
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
One household in 19 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Empty homes: 4.9% of the total. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Le Bec-Hellouin: −13%
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 Eure town −1%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −6%; from 2017 to 2023, −8%.
Le Bec-Hellouin sits above 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (40%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Le Bec-Hellouin 57. The median compared French town: 44.
7.7% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). Set beside that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of couples with children than 98% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 38% in Le Bec-Hellouin. On average, 2 people share a household. This Eure town has more single-parent households than 75% of compared French towns, at 12%. Against that, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,950 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €26,950 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Above 73% of compared French towns: 18% of households are headed by a manual worker
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 make up 12%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, 35% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.2% of residents are immigrants, below 90% 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.
Foreign nationals: 1.4% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
More married residents than 70% of compared French towns: 46%
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, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Le Bec-Hellouin, 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 71% 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
Adults with no qualification come to 20% in Le Bec-Hellouin, about two in ten. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 366 to 2,582 people, 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.
Le Bec-Hellouin is older 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Bec-Hellouin | 57 | 40% | 24% | 2.2% |
| Brionne 4,185 · 2.6 mi | 45.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Grand Bourgtheroulde 3,995 · 8.4 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 1.3% | 1.9% |
| Bourg-Achard 4,026 · 9.4 mi | 41.5 | 23% | 1.8% | 2.3% |
| Le Neubourg 4,199 · 10 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Bosroumois 3,872 · 10 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.9% |
| Le Thuit de l'Oison 3,827 · 10.1 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 1% | 2.3% |
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 Le Bec-Hellouin
What is the population of Le Bec-Hellouin?
366 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (420).
How old are Le Bec-Hellouin’s residents?
The median age is 57, older than 96% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 40% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Bec-Hellouin?
59, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Bec-Hellouin?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Bec-Hellouin?
€26,950 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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