A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns, at 6.9%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Bénac had 528 residents in 230 households at the 2023 census. About one in 21: that is how common households without a car are in Bénac (4.8%). Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 4.2% of households are single parents locally.
Throughout this page, the Hautes-Pyrénées 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.
+3% since 2012, a pace below 57% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Hautes-Pyrénées. Here the change came as +7% to 2017, then −4% to 2023.
Bénac is older than 71% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bénac 47.4. The median compared French town: 44.
21% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
More couples with children than 80% of compared French towns: 31%
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 Hautes-Pyrénées median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Bénac has 31%. Elsewhere, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. On average, 2.3 people share a household.
7.8% of homes are flats, below 91% 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
With second homes at 0.8%, Bénac is behind 88% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. About one in nine: that is how common empty homes are in Bénac (11%).
A median of €27,110 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.
Half of Bénac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,110 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Bénac sits below 85% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (8.5%)
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
Here just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 9.4%. Set beside that, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. The census found that 30% of households are headed by a retired person in Bénac.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 3.6%, a lower share than 77% 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 share of foreign nationals trails 73% of compared French towns: 2.4%. 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.
Below 83% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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 42%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 84% of compared French towns, at 13%
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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bénac. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 528 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Bénac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bénac
What is the population of Bénac?
528 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (512).
How old are Bénac’s residents?
The median age is 47.4, older than 71% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bénac?
2, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bénac?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 13 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bénac?
€27,110 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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