Beaucaire is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54
46% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. On flats, Beaucaire sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 2.8%. The town’s 130 households held 255 residents at the 2023 Census. Couples with children make up about one in seven here (15%).
Throughout this page, the Gers 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 Beaucaire
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 23 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beaucaire, 14% of its 170 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Beaucaire had 279 residents at the 2012 census and 255 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Beaucaire’s residents are under 54 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Beaucaire sits below 99% of compared French towns for households in social housing (0.7%)
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
In Beaucaire, 3.7% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. The share of second homes stands at 14%. One in ten homes stand empty, a higher share than in 78% of compared French towns.
Since 2012, Beaucaire has changed by −9%, slower than 96% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −8%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gers town ±0%.
Beaucaire: 32% of residents are 65 or over, above 90% 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
■ Beaucaire 54. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (8.6%), Beaucaire is below 87% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Beaucaire sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (3.8%)
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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Beaucaire comes in at 39%. The usual figure: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households average 2 people.
At the median, €25,500 a year to live on
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 €25,500 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 11% in Beaucaire, less than in 67% 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
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (12%), Beaucaire is above 62% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 1.9% in Beaucaire, less than in 80% 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.
The figure for immigrants is 4.2% in Beaucaire and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 72% of compared French towns. 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.
Beaucaire sits below 87% of compared French towns for married residents (36%)
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
23% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Only 19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Beaucaire
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 make up 21%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 255 to 2,582 people, 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Beaucaire
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 Beaucaire
What is the population of Beaucaire?
255 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (279).
How old are Beaucaire’s residents?
The median age is 54, older than 93% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaucaire?
23, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaucaire?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaucaire?
€25,500 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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