37% of households are couples with children, more than in 96% of compared French towns
4% of households have no car (typical compared French town: 11%). At the 2023 Census, 1,944 people lived in Beignon, in 690 households. In Beignon, 16% of residents are 15 to 24. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 5.9%, fewer than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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 Beignon
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 8.7% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Beignon’s residents are under 37.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 19% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+9% since 2012, a pace 67% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 Morbihan town +7%.
A median age of 37.7: Beignon is younger than 89% 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
■ Beignon 37.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 15% in Beignon.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Beignon sits below 96% of compared French towns for one-person households (24%)
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 Morbihan median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households trails 71% of compared French towns: 8.7%. Typically, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.5 people in the average household.
Fewer flats than 96% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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
In the last two years, 7.9% of households moved in; at the other end, 9.8% have stayed 30 years or more. At 4.2%, the share of second homes is higher than in 73% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 8.2%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €26,940 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 residents live in households above €26,940 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 20% in Beignon, more than in 87% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 27%, below 79% of compared French towns. The census found that 15% of households are headed by a manual worker in Beignon. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Beignon ranks below 93% of compared French towns on immigrants: 1.9%
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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.5% of residents are foreign nationals in Beignon. By way of 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.
A higher share of single residents than 77% of compared French towns, at 30%
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 Beignon, just over two in five residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 84% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no qualification
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
A third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,944 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
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 Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Beignon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beignon | 37.7 | 15% | 4.2% | 1.9% |
| Plélan-le-Grand 4,076 · 3.7 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 5.4% | 1.7% |
| Guer 6,208 · 4.2 mi | 41.6 | 22% | 5% | 3.6% |
| Val d'Anast 3,930 · 8.9 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 6.1% | 1.3% |
| Mauron 3,163 · 9.6 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 5.6% | 3% |
| Carentoir 3,232 · 10.7 mi | 51.3 | 29% | 10% | 1.9% |
| Ploërmel 10,163 · 11 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
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 Beignon
What is the population of Beignon?
1,944 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (1,778).
How old are Beignon’s residents?
The median age is 37.7, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beignon?
33, with occasional dwellings: 4.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beignon?
INSEE counts 36 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.9% of residents, and 29 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beignon?
€26,940 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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