Single-parent households: 17%, a higher share than 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. There were 230 households in Beaulieu-les-Fontaines at the 2023 Census, home to 563 residents. On the census count, 10% of homes are flats. 9.2% of homes stand empty, more than in 74% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Beaulieu-les-Fontaines
Fewer residents than in 2012
Beaulieu-les-Fontaines had 597 residents at the 2012 census and 563 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 90% of compared French towns grew faster than Beaulieu-les-Fontaines: −6%
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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, +2% in Oise.
25% of residents are 65 or over, a share 70% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaulieu-les-Fontaines 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 46.1, Beaulieu-les-Fontaines is older than 64% of compared French towns. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Beaulieu-les-Fontaines ranks below 63% of compared French towns on one-person households: 33%
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Here nearly a quarter of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Second homes make up 5% in Beaulieu-les-Fontaines, more than in 77% of compared French towns
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 that moved in under two years ago: 7.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 18%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%).
A median standard of living of €25,230 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 €25,230 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
Beaulieu-les-Fontaines ranks above 74% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 37%
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
About one in seven: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Beaulieu-les-Fontaines (15%). To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 8.7%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 4.3%, a lower share than 71% 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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.5%), Beaulieu-les-Fontaines is below 72% of compared French towns. Typically, 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.
Married residents: 34%, a lower share than 93% 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
Across Beaulieu-les-Fontaines, just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 91% of compared French towns: 18%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Beaulieu-les-Fontaines has 26%. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 563 to 2,582 people, the 19th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Beaulieu-les-Fontaines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaulieu-les-Fontaines | 46.1 | 25% | 5% | 4.3% |
| Roye 5,833 · 6.4 mi | 42.8 | 22% | 2.1% | 3.7% |
| Noyon 12,971 · 6.8 mi | 41.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 18% |
| Ham 4,378 · 9.5 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 1% | 2.8% |
| Ribécourt-Dreslincourt 3,871 · 10 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.2% | 7.3% |
| Thourotte 4,463 · 12.5 mi | 47.2 | 27% | 0.8% | 6.8% |
| Longueil-Annel 2,586 · 13.5 mi | 42 | 20% | 1% | 6.6% |
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 Beaulieu-les-Fontaines
What is the population of Beaulieu-les-Fontaines?
563 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (597).
How old are Beaulieu-les-Fontaines’ residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaulieu-les-Fontaines?
13, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaulieu-les-Fontaines?
INSEE counts 24 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaulieu-les-Fontaines?
€25,230 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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