A larger share of second homes than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 314 residents in Beaufai, living in 140 households. 32% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in three. Households in social housing make up 2.7%, against 12% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Beaufai
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 28 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beaufai, 15% of its 190 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Beaufai had 365 residents at the 2012 census and 314 in 2023, down 14%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Fewer households without a car than 88% of compared French towns: 5%
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
One household in 20 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). The census found that 8.2% of homes stand empty in Beaufai. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Beaufai’s population moved −14% on 2012, less than in 99% 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 median Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −6% and the next six −8%.
A median age of 50.1: Beaufai is older than 83% 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
■ Beaufai 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Beaufai, 9.5%. Across Beaufai, 26% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Beaufai ranks below 89% of compared French towns on one-person households: 27%
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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. As a reference point, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 31% of households are couples with children, more than in 80% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,630 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.
At €25,630 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 53% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 87% of compared French towns: 4.8%
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 nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Beaufai has 41%. To put it in context, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 2.6%, a lower share than 70% 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.
The median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 65% of compared French towns. The benchmark for foreign nationals in the typical compared French town: 4.3%. Census figures put immigrants at 4.8% in Beaufai.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Beaufai sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
The figure for married residents is 46% in Beaufai and 43% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 88% 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
Here 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 314 to 2,582 people, the 14th 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).
1 in 4 nearby towns have a higher median age than Beaufai
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaufai | 50.1 | 26% | 15% | 4.8% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 5.1 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 7.2 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 11.5 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 15.8 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
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 Beaufai
What is the population of Beaufai?
314 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% fewer than in 2012 (365).
How old are Beaufai’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaufai?
28, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaufai?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaufai?
€25,630 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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