In Béthancourt-en-Valois, 2% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manager or professional tops 89% of compared French towns: 21%. The 2023 Census counted 214 residents in 94 households. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 8.1%. Just over a quarter of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 91% 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 Béthancourt-en-Valois
Fewer residents than in 2012
Béthancourt-en-Valois had 243 residents at the 2012 census and 214 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Béthancourt-en-Valois changed by −12% from 2012 to 2023, behind 98% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +2% for the median Oise town, the change came in two steps: −10% from 2012 to 2017, then −2% to 2023.
Older than 79% of compared French towns: half of Béthancourt-en-Valois is over 49
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Béthancourt-en-Valois 49. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 25% in Béthancourt-en-Valois and 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
In Béthancourt-en-Valois, 26% of households are couples with children, more than in 56% 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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for couples with children in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Béthancourt-en-Valois sits below 83% of compared French towns for empty homes (4.3%)
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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 4.3% in Béthancourt-en-Valois. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €32,620 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.
Living standards centre on €32,620 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 92% of compared French towns.
47% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 95% 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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for households headed by a retired person is 32% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 77% of compared French towns: 3.6% of residents are immigrants
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.
For Béthancourt-en-Valois, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.5%. Against that, 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 lower share of single residents than 84% of compared French towns, at 21%
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
Where 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, Béthancourt-en-Valois has 40%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Only 15% of adults out of school have no qualification in Béthancourt-en-Valois
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 35% in Béthancourt-en-Valois. Set beside that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 214 to 2,582 people, the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Béthancourt-en-Valois 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béthancourt-en-Valois | 49 | 25% | 4.3% | 3.6% |
| Béthisy-Saint-Pierre 3,111 · 3.7 mi | 41 | 19% | 1.1% | 3.5% |
| Crépy-en-Valois 14,351 · 3.8 mi | 44.8 | 22% | 1.4% | 11% |
| Lacroix-Saint-Ouen 5,415 · 6.5 mi | 41.8 | 20% | 1.4% | 6.5% |
| Verberie 3,898 · 6.8 mi | 40.1 | 18% | 1.4% | 5.2% |
| Compiègne 40,761 · 8.9 mi | 37.6 | 19% | 2.2% | 17% |
| Venette 2,758 · 9.8 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 1.9% | 7.9% |
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 Béthancourt-en-Valois
What is the population of Béthancourt-en-Valois?
214 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (243).
How old are Béthancourt-en-Valois’ residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Béthancourt-en-Valois?
5, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Béthancourt-en-Valois?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Béthancourt-en-Valois?
€32,620 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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