Households in social housing: 0.8%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manual worker: 3.8%, below 98% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 257 residents in Beausite, living in 130 households. The share of flats stands at 7.3%. Compared with other places, residents aged 15 to 24 are scarce here: 7.8%, fewer than in 94% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Meuse 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 Beausite
An older town
Half of Beausite’s residents are under 51.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 22 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 70% of compared French towns: Beausite changed by ±0% since 2012
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 the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Meuse town −8%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was −3%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Beausite is older than 87% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.3
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beausite 51.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 31%, Beausite is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Meuse 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Beausite ranks below 83% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 7.7%
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 Meuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
One-person households: 38% here and 35% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. On average, 2 people share a household. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 61% of compared French towns.
Beausite ranks above 92% of compared French towns on empty homes: 13%
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
Some 5.5% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 37% who have been there 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten homes are second homes in Beausite. Compared with other places, households without a car are scarce here: 7.1%, fewer than in 72% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €25,320 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 median standard of living in Beausite is €25,320 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
In Beausite, 54% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 2.7%, a lower share than 85% 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 Meuse has 7.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 85% of compared French towns. 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 43. Set beside that, 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.
Beausite ranks below 87% of compared French towns on single residents: 21%
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
Married residents: 45%, above 64% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 72% of compared French towns, at 24%
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
Adults with no qualification come to 20% in Beausite, about two in ten. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Of 41 French towns its size (257 to 2,582 people), the 11th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Beausite
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beausite | 51.3 | 31% | 9.1% | 2.7% |
| Bar-le-Duc 14,607 · 13.6 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 2.5% | 9.4% |
| Sainte-Menehould 4,146 · 15.6 mi | 50.5 | 31% | 1.8% | 4.6% |
| Thierville-sur-Meuse 3,172 · 15.6 mi | 37.1 | 19% | 2.6% | 2.9% |
| Verdun 16,890 · 15.7 mi | 45 | 26% | 2.1% | 7.3% |
| Saint-Mihiel 3,772 · 16.4 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Belleville-sur-Meuse 3,013 · 16.6 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.8% | 3.5% |
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 Beausite
What is the population of Beausite?
257 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (257).
How old are Beausite’s residents?
The median age is 51.3, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beausite?
15, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beausite?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beausite?
€25,320 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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