A lower share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns, at 2.2%
Just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 24% in Belfonds. At the 2023 Census Belfonds was home to 212 people in 88 households. For Belfonds, the census puts second homes at 10%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 47%, more than in 95% of compared French towns.
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 Belfonds
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 5.9% single parents with children; 17% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Belfonds outgrew 77% of compared French towns: +13%
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 change was +9% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Orne town −5%.
Belfonds: 28% of residents are 65 or over, above 79% 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
■ Belfonds 46.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Belfonds is 46.2, higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 11%.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 114 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 93% of compared French towns: 35%
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
Here 5.9% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.4 people.
Belfonds sits above 91% of compared French towns for empty homes (13%)
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 28% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.8% (under two years).
A median standard of living of €24,620 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,620 a year: lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
Belfonds ranks below 94% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 5.9%
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, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4.6% of residents are immigrants, below 67% 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.
Foreign nationals: 3.2%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 21% of residents 15 and over are single in Belfonds
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 47% in Belfonds and 43% in the typical compared French town. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Belfonds ranks below 69% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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
Adults with no qualification are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 18th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Nearby, 4 of 5 towns have older populations than Belfonds
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Belfonds | 46.2 | 28% | 10% | 4.6% |
| Sées 4,168 · 2.6 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 11 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 11.5 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 12.6 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 13.5 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
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 Belfonds
What is the population of Belfonds?
212 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% more than in 2012 (188).
How old are Belfonds’ residents?
The median age is 46.2, older than 65% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Belfonds?
11, with occasional dwellings: 10% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Belfonds?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.6% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Belfonds?
€24,620 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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