0.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Couples with children: 31% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Bellefonds is home to 247 residents in 110 households, by the 2023 Census. Locally, 3.7% of households have no car. 4.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 89% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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.
Since 2012, Bellefonds has changed by +2%, slower than 63% 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 change was +5% from 2012 to 2017 and −3% from 2017 to 2023.
Bellefonds ranks above 61% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 24%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bellefonds 44.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 9.8% of residents are 15 to 24 here. Meanwhile, with a median age of 44.3, Bellefonds is older than 52% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 92 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 87% of compared French towns: 28%
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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
9.1% of households are single parents, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.3 people.
A town of second homes: 4.5% of its homes
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
Little separates the share of empty homes here, 5.9%, from the figure in the typical compared French town. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.4% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 28%.
At the median, €24,240 a year to live on
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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,240 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 76% of compared French towns, at 27%
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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, 18% of households are headed by a manual worker in Bellefonds. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of Bellefonds’ 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.
Immigrants are rarer here than in 99% 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.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 21% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 48% of residents 15 and over are married in Bellefonds. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
In Bellefonds, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 79% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bellefonds. Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 247 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Nearby, 4 of 6 towns have older populations than Bellefonds
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bellefonds | 44.3 | 24% | 4.5% | 0% |
| Chauvigny 7,007 · 6.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Saint-Julien-l'Ars 2,880 · 7.7 mi | 43.5 | 20% | 1.5% | 2.5% |
| Montamisé 3,723 · 8.2 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 2.5% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Georges-lès-Baillargeaux 4,385 · 8.8 mi | 44.6 | 21% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Dissay 3,101 · 8.9 mi | 42.3 | 19% | 2.2% | 2.5% |
| Beaumont Saint-Cyr 2,908 · 9 mi | 44.8 | 21% | 2.5% | 1.8% |
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 Bellefonds
What is the population of Bellefonds?
247 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (243).
How old are Bellefonds’ residents?
The median age is 44.3, older than 52% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bellefonds?
5, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bellefonds?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bellefonds?
€24,240 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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