Half of Béthines is over 59.6, older than 98% of compared French towns
Here 2% of households rent social housing (HLM), where the figure in the typical compared French town is 12%. Put another way, about one in 20: 5.1% of households are single parents. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Béthines’s 200 households held 467 residents at the 2023 Census.
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.
What stands out about the people of Béthines
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 47 second homes and occasional dwellings in Béthines, 15% of its 300 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Béthines’ residents are under 59.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 39% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 20% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 54 homes empty (18%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 98% of compared French towns: 18% of homes stand empty
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
One household in 14 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 15% of homes are second homes. Lower than in 70% of compared French towns: 7.4% of households have no car.
Slower growth than 80% of compared French towns: Béthines 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
The median Vienne town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six −1%.
Above 97% of compared French towns: 39% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Béthines 59.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24; in Béthines, 5.1%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Béthines ranks below 61% of compared French towns on couples with children: 23%
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
Households here average 2.1 people each. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households are rarer here than in 59% of compared French towns.
At the median, €24,200 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.
At €24,200 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 46%, a higher share than 94% 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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Béthines has 5.1%. On the census count, one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. Against that, 32% 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).
A higher share of foreign nationals than 70% of compared French towns, at 7.1%
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 Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 62% of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up about one in 12 here (8.4%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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
In Béthines, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
29% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 90% 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
Here a fifth of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 467 to 2,582 people
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is younger than Béthines
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Béthines | 59.6 | 39% | 15% | 8.4% |
| Le Blanc 6,164 · 7.5 mi | 52.8 | 34% | 9.2% | 4.4% |
| Montmorillon 5,821 · 9.8 mi | 57.4 | 38% | 3.8% | 5.3% |
| Chauvigny 7,007 · 15.5 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 5.2% | 2.7% |
| Valdivienne 2,715 · 16.7 mi | 44.9 | 22% | 8.1% | 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 Béthines
What is the population of Béthines?
467 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (480).
How old are Béthines’ residents?
The median age is 59.6, older than 98% of compared French towns. 13% are under 18 and 39% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Béthines?
47, with occasional dwellings: 15% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Béthines?
INSEE counts 39 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.4% of residents, and 33 foreign nationals (7.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Béthines?
€24,200 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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