Half of Beaulieu is over 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Beaulieu has 19%. The town had 51 residents in 31 households at the 2023 Census. Half of households are headed by a manual worker. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Beaulieu
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 21 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beaulieu, 33% of its 64 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Beaulieu had 76 residents at the 2012 census and 51 in 2023, down 33%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
67% of Beaulieu’s households are one person: higher than in 99% of compared French towns; 71% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Beaulieu’s residents are under 55.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 20% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Beaulieu: 33% of homes are second homes, above 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
Without a car: one household in four, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households without a car: just over a quarter of the total. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−33% since 2012, a pace below 99% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was −28%; from 2017 to 2023, −7%. Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Indre town −5%.
Beaulieu sits above 98% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (41%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaulieu 55.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 5.9%, below 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
In Beaulieu, 67% of households are one person living alone, more than in 99% 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 Indre median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 1.7 people share a household. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Beaulieu has fewer couples with children than 86% of compared French towns, at 17%.
Households headed by a retired person make up 17% in Beaulieu, less than in 98% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a retired person, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A larger share of immigrants than 83% of compared French towns: 14%
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 Indre has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 83% of compared French towns. Immigrants make up 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Foreign nationals make up about one in eight here (12%).
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 15%
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 trails nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 39%. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Beaulieu, 30% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 92% of compared French towns
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 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The share of adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 51 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Beaulieu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaulieu | 55.8 | 41% | 33% | 14% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 13.5 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
| Argenton-sur-Creuse 4,786 · 17 mi | 52.1 | 30% | 8.7% | 5.1% |
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 Beaulieu
What is the population of Beaulieu?
51 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 33% fewer than in 2012 (76).
How old are Beaulieu’s residents?
The median age is 55.8, older than 95% of compared French towns. 9.8% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaulieu?
21, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaulieu?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 14% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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