Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.4% of homes are flats
Here 6.3% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. There were 240 households in Beaudignies at the 2023 Census, home to 574 residents. The share of households headed by a retired person stands at 40%. Half of the town’s residents are under 40.8, younger than in 74% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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.
Slower than most: +2% since 2012, behind 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
In two steps, ±0% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Nord.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 80% of compared French towns: 9.1%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaudignies 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 20% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 112 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, a share 71% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 31% of households are one person living alone, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 35%. To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.4 people.
A smaller share of households without a car than 68% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up about one in 12 here (8.1%). By way of comparison, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Some 5.8% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 28% who have been there 30 years or more.
At the median, €27,150 a year to live on
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 €27,150 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
In Beaudignies, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 66% 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
Where 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, Beaudignies has 13%. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.4% of residents are immigrants in Beaudignies
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 is 0.9%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 97% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 46%, a higher share than 70% of compared French towns
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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents 15 and over are single in Beaudignies. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 69% 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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. In the typical compared French town, adults with no qualification come to 19%.
4th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 574 to 2,582
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).
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Beaudignies
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaudignies | 40.8 | 20% | 2.2% | 1.4% |
| Le Quesnoy 4,878 · 2.2 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Solesmes 4,142 · 5.6 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 1.2% |
| Maing 3,954 · 6.8 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 0.8% | 2.7% |
| Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes 7,080 · 7.1 mi | 35.9 | 19% | 0.8% | 7.9% |
| Marly 11,995 · 7.7 mi | 39.3 | 20% | 0.6% | 8.5% |
| Trith-Saint-Léger 6,019 · 7.9 mi | 40.6 | 20% | 1.2% | 4.5% |
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 Beaudignies
What is the population of Beaudignies?
574 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (564).
How old are Beaudignies’ residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaudignies?
6, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaudignies?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaudignies?
€27,150 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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