A higher share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns, at 38%
Households in social housing make up 2%, against 12% in the typical compared French town. At 2.8%, the share of flats is lower than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 367 residents in 150 households. On the census count, 13% of households are headed by a manager or professional.
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 Bezinghem
One home in nine is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bezinghem, 11% of its 180 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 80% 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
38% of households are couples with children and 3.4% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of second homes than 89% of compared French towns: 11%
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 make up 8.3%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, empty homes are scarce here: 5%, fewer than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns. Second homes make up 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 6.8% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 20%.
−3% since 2012: slower than 80% 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%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 74% of compared French towns: 19%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bezinghem 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bezinghem is 42.1, lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Locally, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns, at 3.4%
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 2.4 people. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Few places have so few one-person households: 28% here, fewer than in 84% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €26,180 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.
Half of Bezinghem’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,180 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
31% of households are headed by a retired person, below 57% 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
13% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in eight. Measured more widely, 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).
0.6% of residents are immigrants, below 99% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals here. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 88% of compared French towns: 21%
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 share of married residents is 48%, against 43% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Bezinghem, 21% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 60% 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
Census figures put graduates of higher education at 31% in Bezinghem. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
8th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 367 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Bezinghem
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bezinghem | 42.1 | 19% | 11% | 0.6% |
| Samer 4,704 · 4.9 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1% | 0.6% |
| Desvres 4,829 · 5 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot 4,115 · 9.9 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 65% | 2.1% |
| Étaples 10,710 · 10.3 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 7% | 1.3% |
| Camiers 2,582 · 10.4 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 71% | 1.5% |
| Saint-Étienne-au-Mont 5,029 · 11.1 mi | 41.4 | 18% | 1.2% | 1.3% |
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 Bezinghem
What is the population of Bezinghem?
367 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (377).
How old are Bezinghem’s residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bezinghem?
20, with occasional dwellings: 11% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bezinghem?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bezinghem?
€26,180 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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