38% of households are couples with children, a share 97% of compared French towns don’t reach
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Bellebat, 0.7%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 6.7%, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 329 residents and 130 households here. About one in six: that is how common households headed by a retired person are in Bellebat (18%).
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 Bellebat
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 3.7% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Bellebat had 236 residents at the 2012 census and 329 in 2023, up 39%: faster growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A young town
Half of Bellebat’s residents are under 37.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 13% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bellebat grew +39% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 99% 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 +9% to 2017, then +28% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +16% in Gironde.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 13% in Bellebat, less than in 96% 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
■ Bellebat 37.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bellebat is 37.9, lower than in 88% of compared French towns. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%.
Bellebat sits below 99% of compared French towns for one-person households (21%)
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
Here 3.7% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people.
3.7% of households have no car, below 96% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 12%. At 1.9%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
A typical living standard of €25,050 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.
At €25,050 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 60% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 80% of compared French towns, at 19%
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 11%, against 9.4% in the typical compared French town. The share of households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Above 67% of compared French towns: 6.6% of residents are foreign nationals
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 higher than in 56% of compared French towns. Immigrants account for 7.4%. By way of comparison, 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.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Bellebat comes in at 50%. Measured more widely, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 84% 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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Bellebat comes in at 25%. The share of graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Ranked by age, 2nd youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Bellebat sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellebat | 37.9 | 13% | 1.9% | 7.4% |
| Saint-Quentin-de-Baron 2,713 · 6.5 mi | 35.3 | 9.5% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
| Créon 4,950 · 6.6 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Cadillac-sur-Garonne 2,670 · 8.5 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 2.6% | 7.3% |
| Podensac 3,269 · 9.2 mi | 45.2 | 25% | 2.1% | 7.7% |
| Sadirac 4,769 · 9.2 mi | 39.3 | 15% | 1.8% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Caprais-de-Bordeaux 3,450 · 10.3 mi | 43.4 | 20% | 1.7% | 3.3% |
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 Bellebat
What is the population of Bellebat?
329 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 39% more than in 2012 (236).
How old are Bellebat’s residents?
The median age is 37.9, younger than 88% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 13% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bellebat?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bellebat?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.4% of residents, and 22 foreign nationals (6.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bellebat?
€25,050 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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