Empty homes make up 16% in Beaujeu, more than in 97% of compared French towns
The share of second homes is 6.6%, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. There were 980 households in Beaujeu at the 2023 Census, home to 2,082 residents. Across Beaujeu, 3.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 89% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Rhône 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 Beaujeu
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Beaujeu changed by +2% from 2012 to 2023, behind 63% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +5%, then −3% to 2023.
Beaujeu ranks below 85% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 8.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaujeu 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Beaujeu is 46.7, higher than in two thirds of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over account for 26%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Rhône 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 85% of compared French towns: 45% of households are one person living alone
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 Rhône median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households: 7.1%, below 88% of compared French towns. 19% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. For comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2 people.
A larger share of flats than 67% of compared French towns: 43%
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
The share of households without a car tops three fifths of compared French towns: 13%. Typically, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 15% moved in during the last two years and 15% have stayed three decades or more.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,940 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 €24,940 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Beaujeu: 20% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 83% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 66% of compared French towns: 30%. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Beaujeu sits below 65% of compared French towns for immigrants (4.9%)
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 Rhône has 8.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. Here, 3.5% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 76% of compared French towns, at 39%
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
Where a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Beaujeu has 24%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
In Beaujeu, 23% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
Where nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Beaujeu has 21%. The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 18th oldest of 41 French towns of 2,082 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Beaujeu and its 6 nearest towns: 1 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaujeu | 46.7 | 26% | 6.6% | 4.9% |
| Belleville-en-Beaujolais 14,016 · 7.6 mi | 39.6 | 18% | 1.2% | 11% |
| Saint-Georges-de-Reneins 4,677 · 9.1 mi | 41.8 | 19% | 2.3% | 5.1% |
| La Chapelle-de-Guinchay 4,018 · 9.3 mi | 42.8 | 19% | 3.1% | 4.4% |
| Montmerle-sur-Saône 3,799 · 9.5 mi | 46 | 23% | 1.9% | 3.7% |
| Saint-Didier-sur-Chalaronne 2,934 · 11.1 mi | 44.3 | 22% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 11.1 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 7.1% |
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 Beaujeu
What is the population of Beaujeu?
2,082 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (2,048).
How old are Beaujeu’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 67% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaujeu?
83, with occasional dwellings: 6.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaujeu?
INSEE counts 100 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.9% of residents, and 73 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaujeu?
€24,940 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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