Only 2.9% of households have no car in Beaurieux
Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Beaurieux has 3.5%. The town is home to 169 residents in 71 households, by the 2023 Census. On the census count, 8.6% of residents are 15 to 24. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% 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.
What stands out about the people of Beaurieux
Immigrants
INSEE counts 0 immigrants in Beaurieux (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 23% of residents, against 4.1% for the median compared commune in Nord. 23% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 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.
Beaurieux changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, slower 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 change was −1% from 2012 to 2017 and +2% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Nord town ±0%.
A median age of 44.9: Beaurieux is older than 56% 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
■ Beaurieux 44.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 21%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Beaurieux: 14% of households are single parents, above 93% 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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
In Beaurieux, 29% of households are couples with children, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%. There are 2.4 people in the average household. One-person households are rarer here than in 83% of compared French towns.
Beaurieux ranks above 91% 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
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Beaurieux, 5.8%. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 5.9% moved in during the last two years and 32% have stayed three decades or more.
€26,100 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €26,100 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
29% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: 43%, above 90% of compared French towns. Set beside that, 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).
23% of residents are immigrants, more than in 95% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents are foreign nationals in Beaurieux. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 95% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 99% of compared French towns: 55% of residents 15 and over are married
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
Here, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the median compared French town 43% are married and 6.1% in a PACS; here it is 55% and 1.6%, and 6.3% are widowed.
Beaurieux sits above 59% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (33%)
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 account for 18%. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 169 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Beaurieux is older than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaurieux | 44.9 | 21% | 5.8% | 23% |
| Sains-du-Nord 2,755 · 7.7 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
| Ferrière-la-Grande 5,131 · 8 mi | 39.8 | 20% | 0.5% | 5% |
| Trélon 2,604 · 8.3 mi | 44.2 | 22% | 2.1% | 5.9% |
| Jeumont 10,160 · 8.3 mi | 38.8 | 19% | 0.7% | 14% |
| Marpent 2,653 · 8.4 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 0.6% | 8% |
| Rousies 3,980 · 8.7 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 0.7% | 4.7% |
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 Beaurieux
What is the population of Beaurieux?
169 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (166).
How old are Beaurieux’s residents?
The median age is 44.9, older than 56% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaurieux?
5, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaurieux?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 23% of residents, and 39 foreign nationals (23%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaurieux?
€26,100 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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