A median age of 37.8: Beuvrages is younger than 89% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 88% of compared French towns: 4.7%. Beuvrages has more couples with children than 83% of compared French towns, at 32%. At the 2023 Census, 6,796 people lived locally, in 2,770 households. In Beuvrages, nearly a quarter of households have no car.
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 Beuvrages
Social housing
38% of households rent from a social landlord (HLM), 14% rent privately and 47% own their home. Homes & cars ↓
A young town
Half of Beuvrages’ residents are under 37.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 64% of compared French towns grew faster than Beuvrages: +1%
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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Nord town ±0%.
Beuvrages ranks below 81% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 17%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beuvrages 37.8. The median compared French town: 44.
13% of residents are 15 to 24 (typical compared French town: 11%). As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 60% 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
Households here average 2.5 people each. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households: 11% here and 10% in the typical compared French town.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 38% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
27% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Second homes are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%. On the census count, 5.8% of homes stand empty.
Median standard of living: €19,030 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €19,030 a year: lower than in 98% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 33.0% of the population.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 23% in Beuvrages, more than in 92% 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
4.7% of Beuvrages’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 30% by a retired person (32%). 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).
9% of residents are immigrants, a share 66% of compared French towns don’t reach
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Beuvrages comes in at 5.9%. The wider picture: 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.
32% of residents 15 and over are single, a share 85% of compared French towns don’t reach
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, 40% of residents 15 and over are married here. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education 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
Where 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Beuvrages has 29%. The comparison figure for graduates of higher education is 30% in the typical compared French town.
5th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 6,730 to 6,863
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 Merville (36.9), the oldest Nyons (60.6).
A younger town than 3 of the 6 around it: Beuvrages
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beuvrages | 37.8 | 17% | 0.5% | 9% |
| Anzin 13,183 · 0.8 mi | 37.2 | 15% | 1.3% | 8.8% |
| Raismes 12,199 · 1 mi | 39.3 | 18% | 0.3% | 5% |
| Petite-Forêt 5,054 · 1.6 mi | 41.3 | 20% | 0.7% | 4.5% |
| Bruay-sur-l'Escaut 11,644 · 1.7 mi | 37.4 | 16% | 0.4% | 5.9% |
| Valenciennes 43,468 · 2 mi | 36.4 | 17% | 3% | 11% |
| Saint-Saulve 10,947 · 2.4 mi | 44 | 23% | 0.7% | 6.3% |
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 Beuvrages
What is the population of Beuvrages?
6,796 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (6,696).
How old are Beuvrages’ residents?
The median age is 37.8, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beuvrages?
14, with occasional dwellings: 0.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beuvrages?
INSEE counts 610 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9% of residents, and 400 foreign nationals (5.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beuvrages?
€19,030 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 33.0% 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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