Below 80% of compared French towns: 6.1% of households have no car
The figure for one-person households is 32% in Bédarrides and 35% in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, or about one in 11. Compared with other places, second homes are scarce here: 1.3%, fewer than in 70% of compared French towns. This Vaucluse town had 5,671 residents in 2,480 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Vaucluse 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: faster than 72% 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
The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Vaucluse town +7%. The change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +10% from 2017 to 2023.
Bédarrides is younger than 57% of compared French towns: a median age of 43.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bédarrides 43.1. The median compared French town: 44.
At 23%, the share of residents aged 65 and over is higher than in 52% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vaucluse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
28% of households are couples with children, more 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 Vaucluse median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are single parents here. For comparison, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Each household has 2.2 people on average.
27% of homes are flats, fewer than in 55% 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
9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more. Few places have so few households in social housing: 11% here, fewer than in 58% of compared French towns. Empty homes make up 6.5%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
€25,630 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,630 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 15.0% of residents.
12% of households are headed by a manual worker, fewer than in 66% 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
Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, against 8% in Bédarrides. The wider picture: 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Locally, 31% 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).
Only 3.9% of residents are immigrants in Bédarrides
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.
2% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 74% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Vaucluse has 6.8%. As a reference point, 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.
Single residents make up 24% in Bédarrides, less than in 57% 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
On the census count, 43% of residents 15 and over are married. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 60% 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
Locally, 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 5,630 to 5,713
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 Valdahon (35.2), the oldest Cancale (57.6).
Of the 6 towns nearest Bédarrides, 4 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bédarrides | 43.1 | 23% | 1.3% | 3.9% |
| Sorgues 19,006 · 2.6 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 0.8% | 13% |
| Entraigues-sur-la-Sorgue 8,913 · 3.1 mi | 43.9 | 22% | 4% | 6.8% |
| Courthézon 6,426 · 3.3 mi | 42.9 | 21% | 3.4% | 5.9% |
| Althen-des-Paluds 2,960 · 4.1 mi | 45.1 | 21% | 2.7% | 4.4% |
| Vedène 11,974 · 4.6 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 2.1% | 7.1% |
| Sarrians 5,792 · 4.8 mi | 46.7 | 24% | 3.6% | 8.6% |
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 Bédarrides
What is the population of Bédarrides?
5,671 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (5,111).
How old are Bédarrides’ residents?
The median age is 43.1, younger than 57% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bédarrides?
34, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bédarrides?
INSEE counts 220 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 110 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bédarrides?
€25,630 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 15.0% 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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