In Beaulieu, 38% of households are couples with children, more than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 635 residents and 250 households in Beaulieu. Across Beaulieu, 2.1% of households have no car. Here 4.3% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Throughout this page, the Isère 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
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 6% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Beaulieu’s population moved ±0% on 2012, less than in 68% 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 population moved +1%, and from 2017 to 2023 ±0%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Isère town +7%.
Beaulieu is older than 69% of compared French towns: a median age of 47
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaulieu 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 9.8% in Beaulieu. Residents aged 65 and over come to 20% locally, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 19%, a lower share than 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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.5 people. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 6%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 96% of compared French towns.
Empty homes make up 8.9% in Beaulieu, more than in 72% 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
Second homes make up 3.2%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. In the last two years, 7.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 31% have stayed 30 years or more.
The median resident lives on €28,410 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 residents live in households above €28,410 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 88% 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
39% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. For Beaulieu, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 15%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 93% of compared French towns: 1.9% of residents are immigrants
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 92% of compared French towns: 1.1%. For comparison, 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.
Beaulieu ranks above 99% of compared French towns on married residents: 55%
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
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of single residents in Beaulieu comes in at 19%. By way of comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 57% of compared French towns: 18% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
The share of graduates of higher education stands at 31%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 635 to 2,582 people
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.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 2 are older than 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 | 47 | 20% | 3.2% | 1.9% |
| Vinay 4,438 · 1.5 mi | 45.6 | 23% | 2.1% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Marcellin 7,700 · 4.7 mi | 50.5 | 29% | 2% | 11% |
| Chatte 2,518 · 6.5 mi | 50.7 | 28% | 2.3% | 3.9% |
| Autrans-Méaudre en Vercors 2,936 · 6.9 mi | 46.7 | 25% | 53% | 2.6% |
| Tullins 7,624 · 8.8 mi | 47 | 23% | 1% | 9.9% |
| Lans-en-Vercors 2,751 · 10.3 mi | 46.7 | 20% | 37% | 3.3% |
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?
635 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (633).
How old are Beaulieu’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaulieu?
9, with occasional dwellings: 3.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaulieu?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaulieu?
€28,410 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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