Le Bec-Thomas is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.2
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On the census count, 5.3% of households are single parents. 196 residents in 89 households: that is Le Bec-Thomas at the 2023 Census. Second homes: 7.1%, above 83% 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-Thomas
An older town
Half of Le Bec-Thomas’ residents are under 54.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Le Bec-Thomas had 209 residents at the 2012 census and 196 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 91% of compared French towns grew faster than Le Bec-Thomas: −6%
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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +5%; from 2017 to 2023, −11%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 4%, a lower share than 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
■ Le Bec-Thomas 54.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over, or about one in four. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 113 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 26% of households are one person living alone in Le Bec-Thomas
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
Households here average 2.2 people each. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Le Bec-Thomas has more couples with children than 56% of compared French towns, at 26%.
Le Bec-Thomas sits below 96% of compared French towns for empty homes (3%)
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 6.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 29%.
A median standard of living of €29,470 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €29,470 a year: higher than in 81% of compared French towns.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Compared with 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manager or professional here. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%. 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in six.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 82% of compared French towns: 3%
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.
1.5% of residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). Elsewhere, 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.
Le Bec-Thomas ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 11%
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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 53% of residents 15 and over are married in Le Bec-Thomas. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 65% 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 graduates of higher education is 30%; Le Bec-Thomas has 27%. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 196 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th 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-Thomas 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-Thomas | 54.2 | 23% | 7.1% | 3% |
| Le Thuit de l'Oison 3,827 · 2.6 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 1% | 2.3% |
| Elbeuf 15,474 · 3.7 mi | 37.1 | 17% | 1.3% | 14% |
| Caudebec-lès-Elbeuf 10,476 · 3.7 mi | 40.7 | 20% | 1% | 8% |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Elbeuf 8,306 · 4 mi | 44.3 | 23% | 0.7% | 4.9% |
| Bosroumois 3,872 · 4.4 mi | 43.1 | 22% | 1.4% | 1.9% |
| Saint-Aubin-lès-Elbeuf 8,443 · 4.9 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 1.2% | 7.2% |
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-Thomas
What is the population of Le Bec-Thomas?
196 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (209).
How old are Le Bec-Thomas’ residents?
The median age is 54.2, older than 93% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Bec-Thomas?
7, with occasional dwellings: 7.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Bec-Thomas?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Bec-Thomas?
€29,470 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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