Only 5.9% of residents are 15 to 24 in Beaubery
With flats at 5.3%, Beaubery is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count. At the 2023 Census Beaubery was home to 366 people in 170 households. 47% of households are headed by a retired person. Fewer households without a car than in 88% of compared French towns: 4.9%.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Beaubery
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beaubery, 23% of its 260 homes: higher than in 94% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Beaubery’s residents are under 51.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 30% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.2% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Beaubery sits above 94% of compared French towns for second homes (23%)
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
12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town, against 2.7% in Beaubery. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 9.9% in the town.
Since 2012, Beaubery has changed by −2%, slower than 78% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −3% for the median Saône-et-Loire town, the change came in two steps: −2% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Beaubery is older than 88% of compared French towns: a median age of 51.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beaubery 51.9. The median compared French town: 44.
30% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children make up 15% in Beaubery, less than in 92% 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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. By way of comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Locally, 8.4% of households are single parents.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €25,530 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 Beaubery is €25,530 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 54% of compared French towns.
In Beaubery, 5.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 80% 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
Here 11% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Beaubery, 3.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% 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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Beaubery comes in at 3.1%. Measured more widely, 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.
Fewer 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
With married residents at 48%, Beaubery is ahead of 82% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Beaubery ranks above 68% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 36%
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: 17%, below just over three fifths of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 366 to 2,582 people: this is the 9th oldest
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.
Around Beaubery, 4 of 5 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaubery | 51.9 | 30% | 23% | 3.7% |
| Charolles 2,772 · 6.1 mi | 53.6 | 34% | 4.9% | 4% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 12.6 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Paray-le-Monial 9,291 · 13.8 mi | 54.2 | 36% | 3.4% | 7.2% |
| Chauffailles 3,638 · 14.1 mi | 58.1 | 39% | 6.3% | 6% |
| Saint-Vallier 8,508 · 16.9 mi | 52.3 | 32% | 1.7% | 5% |
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 Beaubery
What is the population of Beaubery?
366 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (373).
How old are Beaubery’s residents?
The median age is 51.9, older than 88% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaubery?
60, with occasional dwellings: 23% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaubery?
INSEE counts 13 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 11 foreign nationals (3.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaubery?
€25,530 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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