Fewer flats than 97% of compared French towns: 3.7%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 441 residents in 190 households. 4.3% of households have no car. Where 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Beauchamps has 31%.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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 Beauchamps
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beauchamps, 14% of its 240 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
Growing fast
Beauchamps had 371 residents at the 2012 census and 441 in 2023, up 19%: faster growth than in 89% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
14% of homes in Beauchamps are second homes
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, 9.2% moved in during the last two years and 16% have stayed three decades or more. Empty homes are more common here than in just over three quarters of compared French towns. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A growing town: +19% since 2012, faster than 89% 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
Over those years, the median Manche town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +10%, then +8% to 2023.
Only 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24 in Beauchamps
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beauchamps 40.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails three quarters of compared French towns: 18%. With a median age of 40.1, Beauchamps is younger than nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Against that, 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: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Beauchamps, 30% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 74% 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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 10% in the typical compared French town, 8.3% of households are single parents in Beauchamps. Across the comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.4 people.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,510 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 €23,510 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 77% of compared French towns.
In Beauchamps, 8.3% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 86% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Beauchamps comes in at 17%. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker. Across Beauchamps, 30% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Beauchamps, 2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns
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 Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. On the census count, 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals. The comparison figure for immigrants is 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.
A larger share of married residents than 91% of compared French towns: 50%
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 figure for single residents is 20% in Beauchamps and 25% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Beauchamps ranks below 83% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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
17% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd youngest of 41 French towns this size
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 young as Beauchamps
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauchamps | 40.1 | 18% | 14% | 2.3% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 6.3 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 7.1 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Bréhal 3,487 · 8.5 mi | 60.1 | 42% | 31% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Pair-sur-Mer 4,507 · 9.1 mi | 60.5 | 41% | 40% | 2.2% |
| Percy-en-Normandie 2,641 · 9.6 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 6.3% | 4.1% |
| Donville-les-Bains 3,146 · 9.6 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 26% | 1.9% |
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 Beauchamps
What is the population of Beauchamps?
441 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 19% more than in 2012 (371).
How old are Beauchamps’ residents?
The median age is 40.1, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beauchamps?
33, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beauchamps?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beauchamps?
€23,510 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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