Beaugency: 5.1% of homes are second homes, above 77% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Beaugency comes in at 43%. More households headed by a manager or professional than in 70% of compared French towns: 13%. At the 2023 Census, 8,024 people lived in the town, in 3,810 households. Put another way, about one in five: 19% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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.
A growing town: +7% since 2012, faster than 59% 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
The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and +10% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Loiret town +6%.
A larger share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 78% of compared French towns: 12%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaugency 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Beaugency has 24%. With a median age of 43.9, Beaugency is younger than just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Only 21% of households are couples with children in Beaugency
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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.1 people in the average household. At 12%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 78% of compared French towns. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Beaugency sits above 65% of compared French towns for households without a car (14%)
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 15% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 13%. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 60% of compared French towns: 37% of homes are flats. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 7.3%.
The median resident lives on €24,530 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,530 a year: lower than in 66% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 17.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a manual worker than 60% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 32% in Beaugency. As a reference point, 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).
Beaugency sits above 75% of compared French towns for immigrants (11%)
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.
Nearly one in ten residents are foreign nationals (typical compared French town: 4.3%). In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Beaugency ranks below 69% of compared French towns on married residents: 40%
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
Single residents make up 28%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
In Beaugency, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 60% 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
31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, or about one in three. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
41 French towns of 7,919 to 8,133 people: this is the 19th 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 Linas (33.8), the youngest, and Cavalaire-sur-Mer (57.1), the oldest.
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Beaugency
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaugency | 43.9 | 24% | 5.1% | 11% |
| Lailly-en-Val 3,101 · 3 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| Meung-sur-Loire 6,670 · 4.7 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 7.4% |
| Saint-Laurent-Nouan 4,236 · 5.2 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 5.8% | 2.5% |
| Cléry-Saint-André 3,596 · 6.9 mi | 43 | 20% | 7.3% | 4.1% |
| Mer 6,250 · 7.9 mi | 44.4 | 25% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Saint-Ay 3,766 · 8.2 mi | 41 | 20% | 2.6% | 6.9% |
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 Beaugency
What is the population of Beaugency?
8,024 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (7,501).
How old are Beaugency’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaugency?
220, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaugency?
INSEE counts 890 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 650 foreign nationals (8.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaugency?
€24,530 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 17.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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