In Beaulieu, 0.7% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Here 0.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. The 2023 Census put Beaulieu’s population at 473, in 230 households. Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 8.2% here. On households without a car, Beaulieu sits lower than 92% of compared French towns: 4.4%.
Throughout this page, the Puy-de-Dôme 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 Beaulieu
Empty homes
The census found 37 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.
Beaulieu grew +15% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 82% 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 same years the median compared French town changed +5%, the median Puy-de-Dôme town +4%. From 2012 to 2017 the change was +12%; from 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Beaulieu is older than 77% of compared French towns: a median age of 48.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaulieu 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Here, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Puy-de-Dôme 52.2%, France 51.8%.
17% of households are couples with children, below 84% of compared French towns
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 Puy-de-Dôme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 8.7%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children is 25%. Just over a third of households are one person living alone, or about one in three.
A higher share of empty homes than 92% of compared French towns, at 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
Of all households, 11% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many second homes: 4% here, more than in 71% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €24,760 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.
The median standard of living in Beaulieu is €24,760 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 94% of compared French towns, at 24%
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. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. In Beaulieu, 28% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 98% of compared French towns, at 1.3%
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, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals here. The median compared commune in Puy-de-Dôme has 5.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 98% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Beaulieu ranks below 87% of compared French towns on single residents: 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
By its share of married residents (48%), Beaulieu is above 84% of compared French towns. Set beside that, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 89% 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
Adults with no qualification: 15% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 473 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 3 are older than Beaulieu
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaulieu | 48.6 | 22% | 4% | 1.3% |
| Brassac-les-Mines 3,412 · 2.7 mi | 50.6 | 31% | 2.2% | 3.6% |
| Sainte-Florine 3,283 · 3.2 mi | 47.1 | 26% | 2.9% | 3.5% |
| Issoire 15,115 · 7 mi | 45.9 | 26% | 2% | 4.5% |
| Brioude 6,527 · 11.4 mi | 51.8 | 32% | 5.3% | 7.5% |
| Vic-le-Comte 5,396 · 14.3 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 2.5% | 4% |
| Veyre-Monton 3,721 · 16.8 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 3.3% |
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 Beaulieu
What is the population of Beaulieu?
473 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% more than in 2012 (410).
How old are Beaulieu’s residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 77% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaulieu?
11, with occasional dwellings: 4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaulieu?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaulieu?
€24,760 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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