Beaumarchés is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.3
Households headed by a manager or professional: 2.9%, below 98% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 689 residents in 340 households. 6.8% of homes are second homes. Few places have so few single-parent households: 5.9% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns.
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 Beaumarchés
An older town
Half of Beaumarchés’ residents are under 54.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of +1% since 2012 leaves Beaumarchés behind 64% 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
In two steps, −2% to 2017 and +4% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Gers.
Residents aged 65 and over: 32%, a higher share than 89% 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
■ Beaumarchés 54.3. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Beaumarchés, 9.7%. Typically, 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%.
16% of households are couples with children, below 87% 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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2 people. Few places have as many one-person households: 37% here, more than in 57% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Flats: 5.8%, a lower share than 94% 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
Long tenure is the mark of 23% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 6.6% (under two years). On households in social housing, Beaumarchés sits lower than 85% of compared French towns: 5.4%. Here nearly one in ten homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%.
At the median, €23,220 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.
The median standard of living in Beaumarchés is €23,220 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Beaumarchés ranks above 93% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 46%
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
In Beaumarchés, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Beaumarchés: 8.4% of residents are immigrants, above 63% 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 median compared commune in Gers has 7.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 63% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The share of foreign nationals stands at 5.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 61% of compared French towns: 44% of residents 15 and over are married
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
At 26%, the share of single residents is higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 58% of compared French towns: 28%
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
For Beaumarchés, the census puts adults with no qualification at 18%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (689 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
1 in 3 nearby towns have a higher median age than Beaumarchés
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumarchés | 54.3 | 32% | 6.8% | 8.4% |
| Vic-en-Bigorre 4,845 · 14.2 mi | 55.9 | 37% | 2.9% | 3.9% |
| Vic-Fezensac 3,577 · 15.6 mi | 53.7 | 34% | 4.6% | 6.1% |
| Mirande 3,457 · 16 mi | 53.2 | 34% | 3.8% | 7.9% |
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 Beaumarchés
What is the population of Beaumarchés?
689 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (679).
How old are Beaumarchés’ residents?
The median age is 54.3, older than 93% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaumarchés?
27, with occasional dwellings: 6.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaumarchés?
INSEE counts 58 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.4% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaumarchés?
€23,220 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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