Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Beauvoir-sur-Mer is over 61.5
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Beauvoir-sur-Mer has 3%. The town had 4,035 residents in 2,070 households at the 2023 census. Here, 4.3% of households are single parents. Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than in 98% of compared French towns: 2.6%.
Throughout this page, the Vendée 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 Beauvoir-sur-Mer
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 350 second homes and occasional dwellings in Beauvoir-sur-Mer, 13% of its 2,620 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 99% 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 Beauvoir-sur-Mer’s residents are under 61.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 42% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Households in social housing make up 2.6% in Beauvoir-sur-Mer, less than in 95% 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
By its share of second homes (13%), Beauvoir-sur-Mer is above 90% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households in social housing in the typical compared French town: 12%. On the census count, 7% of households have no car. More empty homes than in three fifths of compared French towns: 7.6%.
+3% since 2012: slower than 59% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Vendée town +9%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought −1%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 42%, a higher share than 98% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Beauvoir-sur-Mer 61.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 99% of compared French towns: 6.3%. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vendée 50.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
14% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 93% 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 Vendée median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.9 people in the average household. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. 39% of households are one person living alone, a higher share than in 65% of compared French towns.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €24,610 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.
Living standards centre on €24,610 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 65% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 11.0% of residents.
More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 58%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%; Beauvoir-sur-Mer has 13%. The wider picture: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.8% of residents are immigrants in Beauvoir-sur-Mer
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 Vendée has 2.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 1% 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% of residents 15 and over are single
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 50%, Beauvoir-sur-Mer is ahead of 89% of compared French towns on that count. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 99% 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 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, Beauvoir-sur-Mer has 29%. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 3rd oldest of 41 French towns this size
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 Fay-de-Bretagne (36.3), the oldest Vaux-sur-Mer (66.9).
No nearby town is as old as Beauvoir-sur-Mer
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beauvoir-sur-Mer | 61.5 | 42% | 13% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Gervais 2,781 · 2.5 mi | 48.7 | 26% | 9.3% | 1.4% |
| Sallertaine 3,518 · 6.1 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 8.3% | 1.6% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Monts 8,868 · 8.7 mi | 60.2 | 41% | 67% | 2% |
| Challans 22,943 · 9.4 mi | 52.5 | 33% | 3% | 2.9% |
| La Garnache 5,515 · 10.1 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.4% |
| Soullans 4,654 · 10.3 mi | 53.5 | 31% | 7.3% | 1.7% |
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 Beauvoir-sur-Mer
What is the population of Beauvoir-sur-Mer?
4,035 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (3,930).
How old are Beauvoir-sur-Mer’s residents?
The median age is 61.5, older than 99% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 42% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beauvoir-sur-Mer?
350, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beauvoir-sur-Mer?
INSEE counts 72 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beauvoir-sur-Mer?
€24,610 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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