Benqué-Molère sits above 99% of compared French towns for couples with children (42%)
The share of households headed by a retired person is 8.3%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. On empty homes, Benqué-Molère sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 3.5%. This Hautes-Pyrénées town counted 140 residents and 58 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in six: 17% of residents are 65 or over.
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.
What stands out about the people of Benqué-Molère
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Benqué-Molère, 34% of its 92 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 97% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
42% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
61% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 21% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes make up 34% in Benqué-Molère, 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
9.8% of households moved in less than two years ago; 15% have been in their home 30 years or more. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Benqué-Molère grew +14% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 79% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then +11% to 2023. Over those years, the median Hautes-Pyrénées town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 47.5: Benqué-Molère is older than 72% 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
■ Benqué-Molère 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: just over a tenth of the total.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 25% in Benqué-Molère, less than in 94% 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 Hautes-Pyrénées median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.4 people on average.
A typical living standard of €26,130 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.
Living standards centre on €26,130 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
33% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Across the 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).
1.4% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 88% 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 Hautes-Pyrénées has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Against that, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. 3.4% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Benqué-Molère, 19% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns
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
Just over two in five residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 61%
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, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification; in Benqué-Molère, 5.5%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (140 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Benqué-Molère is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Benqué-Molère | 47.5 | 17% | 34% | 3.4% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 5.6 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Bagnères-de-Bigorre 7,114 · 7 mi | 56 | 37% | 43% | 7.5% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 11 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
| Soues 2,988 · 12.1 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 13 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Odos 3,265 · 13.5 mi | 50.2 | 29% | 1.7% | 5.2% |
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 Benqué-Molère
What is the population of Benqué-Molère?
140 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (123).
How old are Benqué-Molère’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Benqué-Molère?
31, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Benqué-Molère?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Benqué-Molère?
€26,130 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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