In Belleroche, 1.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Belleroche, 1.8% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. 313 residents in 140 households: that is Belleroche at the 2023 Census. Single-parent households account for 3.2%. Higher than in 89% of compared French towns: 43% of households are headed by a retired person.
Throughout this page, the Loire 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 Belleroche
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 71 second homes and occasional dwellings in Belleroche, 31% of its 230 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 98% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Belleroche ranks above 95% of compared French towns on second homes: 31%
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
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Belleroche, 7.7%. The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.5%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 20%.
Growth of +15% since 2012 puts Belleroche ahead of 81% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +3% for the median Loire town, the change came in two steps: +14% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Belleroche 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
■ Belleroche 47. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Belleroche. Compared with other places, residents aged 65 and over are common here: 23%, more than in 56% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loire 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Belleroche ranks above 78% of compared French towns on couples with children: 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 Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 37% in Belleroche. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.2 people on average.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,770 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €25,770 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 57% 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. The wider picture: 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).
Below 80% of compared French towns: 3.3% 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.
Foreign nationals: 2.3% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Single residents make up 21% in Belleroche, less than in 86% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%; Belleroche has 49%. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Belleroche, 12% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 88% 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 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. Typically, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 313 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as young as Belleroche
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belleroche | 47 | 23% | 31% | 3.3% |
| Chauffailles 3,638 · 4.3 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 6.3% | 6% |
| Cours 4,306 · 6.2 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 5.8% | 4.7% |
| Thizy-les-Bourgs 5,771 · 10.2 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Charlieu 3,766 · 11.5 mi | 50.4 | 32% | 7.2% | 4.1% |
| Amplepuis 4,876 · 14.2 mi | 49.2 | 27% | 3.1% | 7.8% |
| Pouilly-sous-Charlieu 2,588 · 14.4 mi | 49.2 | 28% | 1.2% | 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 Belleroche
What is the population of Belleroche?
313 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (273).
How old are Belleroche’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Belleroche?
71, with occasional dwellings: 31% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Belleroche?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Belleroche?
€25,770 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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