0.7% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, against 5% in Beaulieu. Households headed by a manual worker account for 35%. The median age locally is 49.3, higher than in four fifths of compared French towns. The town had 212 residents in 93 households at the 2023 census.
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 Beaulieu
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 39 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beaulieu, 29% of its 130 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 95% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Beaulieu, 2.1% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% 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
Some 9.3% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 24% who have been there 30 years or more. For comparison, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Second homes account for 29%. At 0.7%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 99% of compared French towns.
A change of ±0% since 2012 leaves Beaulieu behind 68% 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
Over the same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Orne town −5%.
A higher share of residents aged 65 and over than 61% of compared French towns, at 24%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaulieu 49.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Across Beaulieu, 10% of residents are 15 to 24. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 108 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 77% of compared French towns: 30% of households are one person living alone
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
On average, 2.3 people share a household. Beaulieu has fewer couples with children than 51% of compared French towns, at 25%. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,680 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.
The median standard of living in Beaulieu is €24,680 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
In Beaulieu, 30% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 64% 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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 80% of compared French towns: 3.2% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.7% of residents are foreign nationals in Beaulieu. 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.
Beaulieu sits below 91% of compared French towns for single residents (20%)
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
In Beaulieu, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
In Beaulieu, 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 60% 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
Put another way, about one in three: 31% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. By way of comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (212 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Beaulieu sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaulieu | 49.3 | 24% | 29% | 3.2% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 6.9 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 7.4 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 7,193 · 9 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| Longny les Villages 2,811 · 10.7 mi | 56.4 | 35% | 24% | 2.8% |
| Breteuil 4,282 · 12.3 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 9% | 3.2% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 14.7 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 Beaulieu
What is the population of Beaulieu?
212 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (211).
How old are Beaulieu’s residents?
The median age is 49.3, older than 80% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaulieu?
39, with occasional dwellings: 29% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaulieu?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaulieu?
€24,680 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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