Photo: L'Illustration · Public domainBétheny ranks above 85% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 41%
Nearly a quarter of households rent social housing (HLM); in the typical compared French town the figure is 12%. In Bétheny, 27% of residents are 65 or over. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 30%, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns. The town had 6,975 residents in 3,090 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Marne 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.
Bétheny grew +8% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 62% 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 median Marne town changed −2% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +8% and the next six ±0%.
A median age of 47.6: Bétheny is older than 72% 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
■ Bétheny 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Marne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 8.6% of households are single parents in Bétheny
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 Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.2 people share a household. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Bétheny comes in at 27%.
Second homes: 0.8%, a lower share than 87% 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
Where 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, Bétheny has 9.4%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Nearly one in ten households arrived within the last two years, while 26% have stayed 30 years or more.
The median resident lives on €27,710 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.
Living standards centre on €27,710 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 9.0%.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 68% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
Where 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Bétheny has 11%. 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).
Bétheny sits below 71% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.2%)
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 share of foreign nationals trails three quarters of compared French towns: 2.3%. 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.
Bétheny ranks below 90% of compared French towns on single residents: 20%
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
Compared with 43% in the typical compared French town, nearly half of residents 15 and over are married here. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Bétheny: 32% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, above 55% 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
On the census count, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest 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.
The youngest is Bailly-Romainvilliers (34.9), the oldest Binic-Étables-sur-Mer (56.4).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Bétheny 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bétheny | 47.6 | 27% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
| Reims 177,674 · 2.4 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 3.8% | 14% |
| Witry-lès-Reims 4,950 · 2.9 mi | 44 | 20% | 0.6% | 3.6% |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 3.2 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 3.6 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
| Cormontreuil 6,534 · 4.4 mi | 50.9 | 31% | 0.8% | 4.9% |
| Bezannes 5,039 · 4.9 mi | 31.7 | 15% | 2.6% | 7% |
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 Bétheny
What is the population of Bétheny?
6,975 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (6,471).
How old are Bétheny’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bétheny?
27, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bétheny?
INSEE counts 290 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.2% of residents, and 160 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bétheny?
€27,710 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 9.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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