1.9% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
2% of households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%). Put another way, about one in 23: 4.3% of households have no car. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 91% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 749 residents in Béduer, living in 350 households.
Throughout this page, the Lot 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 Béduer
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 66 second homes and occasional dwellings in Béduer, 15% of its 430 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 97% 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.
15% of homes are second homes, a share 91% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Of all households, 6.1% moved in during the last two years and 25% have stayed three decades or more. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. Empty homes are rarer here than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns.
A +1% change since 2012: slower than 67% 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
7.9% of residents are 15 to 24, below 93% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Béduer 49. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 65 and over (26%), Béduer is above 72% of compared French towns. What’s more, with a median age of 49, Béduer is older than nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Lot 53.3%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 4.3%, 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 Lot median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Lower than in two thirds of compared French towns: 32% of households are one person living alone. At the same time, by its share of couples with children (28%), Béduer is above 62% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €26,890 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.
Half of Béduer’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,890 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns: 28%
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 manual worker account for 13%. 4.3% of Béduer’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 28% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 61% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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 figure for foreign nationals is 3.2% in Béduer and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Lot has 9.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Béduer sits above 89% of compared French towns for married residents (49%)
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 Béduer, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 81% 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
In Béduer, just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 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 749 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.
Of the 6 towns nearest Béduer, 5 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béduer | 49 | 26% | 15% | 5.2% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 4.8 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 6.7 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 15.3 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 15.7 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 16.1 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Gramat 3,512 · 17.5 mi | 55.1 | 36% | 9.4% | 9.5% |
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 Béduer
What is the population of Béduer?
749 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (745).
How old are Béduer’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Béduer?
66, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Béduer?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 24 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Béduer?
€26,890 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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