Photo: Thérèse Gaigé · CC BY-SA 4.0Above 87% of compared French towns: 9.1% of homes are second homes
Here 9.4% of households are headed by a manual worker, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 14%. Le Beausset counted 10,219 residents and 4,660 households at the 2023 Census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 9%. Few places have so few households in social housing: 6.8% here, fewer than in 78% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Var 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.
A +11% change since 2012: Le Beausset grew faster than 73% 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 +10% for the median Var town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
Le Beausset is older than 78% 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
■ Le Beausset 48.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over tops 73% of compared French towns: 26%.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Var 51.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Le Beausset, 33% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 63% 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 Var median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of couples with children is 23%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are common here: 11%, more than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.2 people.
6.9% of households have no car, fewer than in 74% of compared French towns
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
Against a figure of 30% in the typical compared French town, the share of flats in Le Beausset comes in at 37%. Elsewhere, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. The share of empty homes stands at 6.4%.
The median resident lives on €28,680 a year per consumption unit
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.
Living standards centre on €28,680 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 76% of compared French towns. One measure of hardship: 12.0% of residents are below the poverty line.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 14% in Le Beausset, more than in 72% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 35% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 61% of compared French towns: 5.2%
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 Var has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. Foreign nationals account for 3.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
In Le Beausset, 23% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 73% of compared French towns
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 44%, Le Beausset is ahead of 61% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
Above 78% of compared French towns: 39% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
14% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 10,051 to 10,395 people: this is the 7th 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.
Serris is the youngest (33.5); Mazamet the oldest (51.2).
Le Beausset and its 6 nearest towns: 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Le Beausset | 48.6 | 26% | 9.1% | 5.2% |
| Le Castellet 6,040 · 1.9 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 18% | 3.3% |
| La Cadière-d'Azur 5,739 · 3.6 mi | 53.5 | 30% | 26% | 2.7% |
| Bandol 8,267 · 4.8 mi | 61.1 | 43% | 60% | 5.8% |
| Sanary-sur-Mer 18,538 · 4.9 mi | 59.7 | 42% | 35% | 5.3% |
| Ollioules 14,568 · 5 mi | 49 | 27% | 4.2% | 5.8% |
| Saint-Cyr-sur-Mer 11,658 · 5.4 mi | 55.2 | 37% | 46% | 4.6% |
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 Le Beausset
What is the population of Le Beausset?
10,219 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (9,204).
How old are Le Beausset’s residents?
The median age is 48.6, older than 78% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Le Beausset?
500, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Le Beausset?
INSEE counts 530 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.2% of residents, and 360 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Le Beausset?
€28,680 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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