A median age of 58.1: Beaufort is older than 97% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 2.6% of households have no car here. 7.3% of homes are flats. At 48%, the share of households headed by a retired person is higher than in 96% of compared French towns. Beaufort had 214 residents in 110 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Beaufort
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 43 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beaufort, 24% of its 180 homes: higher than in 94% 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 Beaufort’s residents are under 58.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Beaufort (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 16% of residents, against 6.8% for the median compared commune in Hérault. 11% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 94% of compared French towns: 24%
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 census found that just over one in ten homes stand empty in Beaufort. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%.
Beaufort’s population changed by +6% since 2012, more than in 55% 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
In two steps, +8% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +13% in Hérault.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 3.2% of residents are 15 to 24
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaufort 58.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 37%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Beaufort sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (4.3%)
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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 17% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. For Beaufort, the census puts one-person households at 40%.
At the median, €23,450 a year to live on
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 residents live in households above €23,450 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 71% 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
Across Beaufort, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Beaufort: 16% of residents are immigrants, above 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 Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 88% of compared French towns. Foreign nationals come to 11% in Beaufort, about one in ten. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 56%
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
21% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A lower share of adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
Here 35% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (214 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Beaufort
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufort | 58.1 | 37% | 24% | 16% |
| Lézignan-Corbières 10,343 · 6.9 mi | 48.3 | 30% | 3% | 7.8% |
| Sallèles-d'Aude 3,179 · 9.7 mi | 45.8 | 23% | 9.3% | 6.1% |
| Ouveillan 2,713 · 10.6 mi | 44.5 | 25% | 7.3% | 5.8% |
| Cuxac-d'Aude 4,079 · 12.6 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 4% | 5.2% |
| Capestang 3,514 · 14.5 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 8.6% | 9% |
| Narbonne 57,587 · 14.7 mi | 46.4 | 27% | 18% | 10% |
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 Beaufort
What is the population of Beaufort?
214 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (202).
How old are Beaufort’s residents?
The median age is 58.1, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaufort?
43, with occasional dwellings: 24% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaufort?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 16% of residents, and 23 foreign nationals (11%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaufort?
€23,450 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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