46% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 4.1% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. Beussent is home to 546 residents in 220 households, by the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 29% here. Half of the town’s residents are under 39.5, younger than in 82% 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.
What stands out about the people of Beussent
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 33 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beussent, 12% of its 280 homes: higher than in 89% 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 ↓
A town of families
46% of households are couples with children and 2.3% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Only 1% of homes are flats in Beussent
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
9.2% of homes stand empty; in the typical compared French town the figure is 6.7%. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over one in ten homes are second homes in Beussent. Few places have so few households without a car: 5.6% here, fewer than in 83% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Pas-de-Calais town −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 15%, a lower share than 89% 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
■ Beussent 39.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Beussent has 8.6%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Beussent sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (2.3%)
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
The average household has 2.5 people. Lower than in 91% of compared French towns: 26% of households are one person living alone. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%.
Half above, half below €24,370 a year in standard of living
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.
Half of Beussent’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,370 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a retired person than 97% of compared French towns: 18%
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: 6.6% here and 9.4% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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 1.1% of residents are immigrants in Beussent
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.
In the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Beussent has 0.9%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Pas-de-Calais has 1.7%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Beussent ranks below 90% of compared French towns on 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
By its share of married residents (39%), Beussent is below just over three quarters of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 78% 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
36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 546 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Beussent are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beussent | 39.5 | 15% | 12% | 1.1% |
| Samer 4,704 · 6.3 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1% | 0.6% |
| Étaples 10,710 · 7.7 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 7% | 1.3% |
| Desvres 4,829 · 7.9 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Camiers 2,582 · 8.9 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 71% | 1.5% |
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot 4,115 · 9.6 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 65% | 2.1% |
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage 4,224 · 9.8 mi | 65.8 | 52% | 80% | 2.4% |
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 Beussent
What is the population of Beussent?
546 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (526).
How old are Beussent’s residents?
The median age is 39.5, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beussent?
33, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beussent?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beussent?
€24,370 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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