A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 2.3% in Benque. The town’s 74 households held 177 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put one-person households at 21% here. Few places have as many residents aged 65 and over: 27% here, more than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Garonne 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 Benque
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 13 second homes and occasional dwellings in Benque, 15% of its 89 homes: higher than in 91% 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 ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Benque, 2.3% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% 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
By its share of second homes (15%), Benque is above 91% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
Since 2012, Benque has grown +8%, faster than 63% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Haute-Garonne town +15%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −1%; from 2017 to 2023, +9%.
Benque is older than 77% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Benque 48.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 10% in Benque and 11% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Garonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 14%, a higher share than 93% 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 Haute-Garonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 21%, below 68% of compared French towns. Average household size: 2.4 people. Against that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,020 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 €26,020 a year: higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Benque: 14% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 74% 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
29% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 82% of compared French towns, at 10%
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 Haute-Garonne has 7.5%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 73% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants account for 11%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Benque ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 55%
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a quarter of residents 15 and over are single here. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Above 68% of compared French towns: 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 come to 18% in Benque, about two in ten. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Among 41 French towns of 177 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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).
Benque is younger than 1 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benque | 48.5 | 27% | 15% | 11% |
| Cazères 4,854 · 9.2 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.5% | 7.8% |
| Rieux-Volvestre 2,639 · 14 mi | 47.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Gaudens 12,139 · 14 mi | 50.1 | 31% | 2.3% | 11% |
| Rieumes 3,517 · 14.7 mi | 46.9 | 24% | 2.7% | 4.8% |
| Bérat 3,087 · 15.4 mi | 41.5 | 15% | 1.5% | 4.7% |
| Carbonne 5,563 · 15.5 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.2% | 5.9% |
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 Benque
What is the population of Benque?
177 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (164).
How old are Benque’s residents?
The median age is 48.5, older than 77% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Benque?
13, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Benque?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 18 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Benque?
€26,020 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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