Beaune-sur-Arzon is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 57.7
Flats: 1.9% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Beaune-sur-Arzon had 227 residents in 110 households at the 2023 Census. About one in 24: that is how common single-parent households are in Beaune-sur-Arzon (4.2%). Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Loire 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 Beaune-sur-Arzon
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 63 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beaune-sur-Arzon, 33% of its 190 homes: higher than in 95% 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 ↓
An older town
Half of Beaune-sur-Arzon’s residents are under 57.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 33% in Beaune-sur-Arzon, more than in 95% 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
Compared with 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 9.5% of homes stand empty here. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households have no car, or about one in 11.
From 2012 to 2023, 59% of compared French towns grew faster than Beaune-sur-Arzon: +3%
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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Haute-Loire town +2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Beaune-sur-Arzon sits below 95% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (7.5%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaune-sur-Arzon 57.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 34% in Beaune-sur-Arzon and 22% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Loire 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 13% of households are couples with children
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-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households trails nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 32%. The usual figure: a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. There are 2.1 people in the average household.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €22,370 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 €22,370 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 86% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 54%
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: 4%, below 93% of compared French towns. For comparison, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. About one in 12: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Beaune-sur-Arzon (8.3%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Beaune-sur-Arzon ranks below 95% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.6%
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.
Here 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
The share of married residents is 53%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 83% of compared French towns: 21%
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
In the typical compared French town, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification; in Beaune-sur-Arzon, 21%. The benchmark for graduates of higher education in the typical compared French town: 30%.
Of 41 French towns its size (227 to 2,582 people), the 5th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Beaune-sur-Arzon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaune-sur-Arzon | 57.7 | 34% | 33% | 1.6% |
| Retournac 3,007 · 11.4 mi | 51.1 | 32% | 17% | 3.8% |
| Beauzac 2,954 · 13.7 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 17% | 1.5% |
| Bas-en-Basset 4,638 · 14.2 mi | 47.5 | 25% | 10% | 1.2% |
| Polignac 2,819 · 15.1 mi | 48.5 | 26% | 6.3% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Maurice-de-Lignon 2,688 · 15.9 mi | 41.2 | 19% | 7.1% | 1.9% |
| Chadrac 2,542 · 16.1 mi | 53.1 | 32% | 1.8% | 8.7% |
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 Beaune-sur-Arzon
What is the population of Beaune-sur-Arzon?
227 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (221).
How old are Beaune-sur-Arzon’s residents?
The median age is 57.7, older than 97% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaune-sur-Arzon?
63, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaune-sur-Arzon?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.6% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaune-sur-Arzon?
€22,370 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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