Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Bégadan comes in at 0.2%. The 2023 Census counted 893 residents in 440 households. Here, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 7.3%, fewer than in 71% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Bégadan
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 89 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bégadan, 15% of its 590 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Bégadan’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bégadan ranks below 99% of compared French towns on flats: 2.1%
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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 9.6% in Bégadan. Higher than in 91% of compared French towns: 15% of homes are second homes. Flats make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
A change of −3% since 2012 leaves Bégadan behind 81% 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
Here the change came as −1% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +16% in Gironde.
Older than 87% of compared French towns: half of Bégadan is over 51.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bégadan 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
27% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Bégadan ranks below 80% of compared French towns on couples with children: 18%
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2 people in the average household. On single-parent households, Bégadan sits lower than 64% of compared French towns: 9.2%. Against that, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with 35% in the typical compared French town, 36% of households are one person living alone here.
The median resident lives on €22,760 a year per consumption unit
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 Bégadan is €22,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
In Bégadan, 28% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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 retired person (29%), Bégadan is below 70% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
Bégadan: 5.8% of residents are foreign nationals, 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 Gironde has 5.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over half of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 16: that is how common immigrants are in Bégadan (6.4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Bégadan
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
Married residents account for 43%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Bégadan comes in at 27%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th highest median age among 41 French towns of 893 to 2,582
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.
Bégadan and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bégadan | 51.4 | 27% | 15% | 6.4% |
| Lesparre-Médoc 5,872 · 4.6 mi | 50 | 29% | 3.6% | 7.8% |
| Vendays-Montalivet 2,838 · 9.8 mi | 59 | 37% | 64% | 5.3% |
| Pauillac 5,190 · 13.3 mi | 44 | 22% | 3% | 23% |
| Meschers-sur-Gironde 3,180 · 14.3 mi | 66.1 | 53% | 50% | 3.6% |
| Soulac-sur-Mer 3,100 · 14.7 mi | 63.7 | 47% | 68% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Ciers-sur-Gironde 3,175 · 14.7 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.4% | 3.1% |
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 Bégadan
What is the population of Bégadan?
893 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (919).
How old are Bégadan’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bégadan?
89, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bégadan?
INSEE counts 57 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 52 foreign nationals (5.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bégadan?
€22,760 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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