A median age of 37: Béalencourt is younger than 91% of compared French towns
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Census figures put one-person households at 18% in Béalencourt. There were 54 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 139 residents. Empty homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town, at 7.2%.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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 Béalencourt
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Béalencourt, 13% of its 68 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
A young town
Half of Béalencourt’s residents are under 37 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 22% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Béalencourt sits above 90% of compared French towns for second 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
Households without a car are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 7% of households moved in; at the other end, 23% have stayed 30 years or more.
Faster growth than 80% of compared French towns: Béalencourt changed by +14% since 2012
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 +7% from 2012 to 2017 and +7% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 98% of compared French towns: 6.8%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Béalencourt 37. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over. To put it in context, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 121 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are couples with children, a share 61% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.6 people in the average household. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €25,080 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 €25,080 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 59% of compared French towns.
Béalencourt ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 55%
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
Here 18% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Elsewhere, 32% 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).
Only 4.8% of residents are immigrants in Béalencourt
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 Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. On the census count, 3.4% of residents are foreign nationals. Immigrants make up 6.5% 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.
Béalencourt ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 12%
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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Béalencourt, 48%. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 80% 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
23% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 139 to 2,582 people
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 Béalencourt (37), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Béalencourt is younger 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béalencourt | 37 | 22% | 13% | 4.8% |
| Hesdin-la-Forêt 4,480 · 5.5 mi | 52.1 | 33% | 3.5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 10.1 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 13.1 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 14 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 15.3 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Auchel 10,051 · 16.1 mi | 40 | 20% | 0.5% | 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 Béalencourt
What is the population of Béalencourt?
139 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (122).
How old are Béalencourt’s residents?
The median age is 37, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Béalencourt?
9, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Béalencourt?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Béalencourt?
€25,080 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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