Photo: Alfred Bastien · Public domainA larger share of households in social housing than 86% of compared French towns: 24%
In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes; in Beaurains, 0.4%. 5,559 residents in 2,560 households: that is Beaurains at the 2023 Census. The census found that 4.7% of homes stand empty here. The median age locally is 43, lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
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.
Beaurains grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 54% 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 whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +8%; 2017 to 2023, −2%.
Below 64% of compared French towns: 20% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaurains 43. The median compared French town: 44.
10% of residents are 15 to 24. Across the comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Above 71% of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents
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
Average household size: 2.2 people. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%; Beaurains has 24%.
Below 60% of compared French towns: 24% of homes are flats
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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 11% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 23%. About one in eight: that is how common households without a car are in Beaurains (13%).
€24,440 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
Living standards centre on €24,440 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 67% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 16.0% of residents.
A larger share of households headed by a retired person than 54% of compared French towns: 33%
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
Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 14% in Beaurains. A tenth of Beaurains’ households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 33% by a retired person (32%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Beaurains ranks below 88% of compared French towns on immigrants: 2.4%
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, 1.4% of residents are foreign nationals in Beaurains. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
41% of residents 15 and over are married, below 66% of compared French towns
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
Put another way, about one in four: 25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 28% in Beaurains, less than in 57% 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
The census found that 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in Beaurains. Typically, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 5,489 to 5,630 people: this is the 14th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Le Port-Marly is the youngest (37.4); Penmarch the oldest (60.8).
Older than Beaurains: 4 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaurains | 43 | 20% | 0.4% | 2.4% |
| Achicourt 7,873 · 1 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 0.8% | 5.7% |
| Arras 42,875 · 2 mi | 36.3 | 18% | 1.8% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Laurent-Blangy 6,459 · 2.7 mi | 42.2 | 21% | 0.6% | 3.1% |
| Dainville 5,683 · 2.9 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 0.5% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Nicolas 4,494 · 2.9 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 0.6% | 5.1% |
| Sainte-Catherine 3,471 · 3.2 mi | 47 | 24% | 0.4% | 2.7% |
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 Beaurains
What is the population of Beaurains?
5,559 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (5,259).
How old are Beaurains’ residents?
The median age is 43, younger than 58% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaurains?
11, with occasional dwellings: 0.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaurains?
INSEE counts 130 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 78 foreign nationals (1.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaurains?
€24,440 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 16.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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