In Bettembos, 38% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
With a median age of 49.8, Bettembos is older than 83% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 91 residents in the town, living in 41 households. Second homes: 9.3% of the total. Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Bettembos comes in at 13%.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Bettembos
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 14% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 8 homes empty (15%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 82% of compared French towns: Bettembos changed by −3% since 2012
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 Somme town, the change came in two steps: +9% from 2012 to 2017, then −11% to 2023.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 4.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bettembos 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over come to 22% in Bettembos, about two in ten. By way of comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Only 13% of households are one person living alone in Bettembos
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.2 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
Bettembos sits above 95% of compared French towns for empty homes (15%)
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
With households without a car at 4.9%, Bettembos is behind 89% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, the share of empty homes is 6.7%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
In Bettembos, 50% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 79% of compared French towns: 3.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
Here 2.2% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Against that, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Somme has 2.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 62%
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
A quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, against 12% in Bettembos. The comparison figure for married residents is 43% in the typical compared French town.
Bettembos ranks below 96% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 16%
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 make up 24%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
41 French towns of 91 to 2,582 people: this is the 14th 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.
Bettembos is younger than 2 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bettembos | 49.8 | 22% | 9.3% | 3.3% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 9.8 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Blangy-sur-Bresle 2,819 · 14.4 mi | 51.1 | 30% | 1.8% | 2% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 16.2 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Saleux 2,739 · 16.4 mi | 43.7 | 22% | 0.9% | 3.8% |
| Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 16.4 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Salouël 4,179 · 17.1 mi | 32.5 | 19% | 1% | 3.1% |
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 Bettembos
What is the population of Bettembos?
91 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (94).
How old are Bettembos’ residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 83% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bettembos?
5, with occasional dwellings: 9.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bettembos?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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