Only 4.1% of homes are flats in Beauvain
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Locally, 37% of households are headed by a manual worker. The 2023 Census counted 258 residents in 120 households. The figure for households without a car is 4.9% in Beauvain and 11% 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 Beauvain
Fewer residents than in 2012
Beauvain had 269 residents at the 2012 census and 258 in 2023, down 4%: slower growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Beauvain’s population moved −4% on 2012, less than in 85% 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 those years, the median Orne town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%.
A median age of 47.8: Beauvain is older than 73% 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
■ Beauvain 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 18%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. In Beauvain, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Beauvain ranks below 75% of compared French towns on one-person households: 30%
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
Each household has 2.1 people on average. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 79% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The figure for couples with children is 26% in Beauvain and 25% in the typical compared French town.
Beauvain ranks above 76% of compared French towns on second homes: 4.8%
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
Nearly one in ten homes stand empty (typical compared French town: 6.7%). The comparison figure for second homes is 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 12% moved in during the last two years and 23% have stayed three decades or more.
The median resident lives on €26,600 a year per consumption unit
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 €26,600 a year: higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person make up 23% in Beauvain, less than in 88% 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. In the typical compared French town, 32% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 89% 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 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%. About one in 43: that is how common foreign nationals are in Beauvain (2.3%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer married residents than 79% of compared French towns: 38%
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
With single residents at 23%, Beauvain is behind three quarters of compared French towns on that count. The wider picture: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Beauvain ranks below 79% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 22%
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
Against a figure of 19% in the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification in Beauvain comes in at 24%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 258 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Around Beauvain, 5 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauvain | 47.8 | 18% | 4.8% | 2.3% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 3 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 6.7 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 9 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
| Flers 14,432 · 14.9 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 15 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Domfront en Poiraie 4,113 · 15.6 mi | 57.7 | 36% | 6% | 4.6% |
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 Beauvain
What is the population of Beauvain?
258 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (269).
How old are Beauvain’s residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 73% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beauvain?
7, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beauvain?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beauvain?
€26,600 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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