Below 99% of compared French towns: 1.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 0.8% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. At 27%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 618 residents and 260 households in Beaumont. On the census count, 3.7% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Yonne 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 Beaumont
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 7.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A ±0% change since 2012: slower than 68% 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 those years, the median Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +2%, then −2% to 2023.
In Beaumont, 16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 85% 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
■ Beaumont 41.8. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 41.8, Beaumont is younger than 67% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. On the census count, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of couples with children than 89% of compared French towns, at 34%
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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, the share of single-parent households is 10%; Beaumont has 7.5%. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each.
A smaller share of households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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
8.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 21% have stayed 30 years or more. More empty homes than in 76% of compared French towns: 9.5%. For households without a car, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 11%. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.7%.
Median standard of living: €25,420 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.
At €25,420 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
28% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 99% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Beaumont has 30%. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Beaumont sits below 79% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.4%)
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.
1.6% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. 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: 22%, a lower share than 80% 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
47% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Beaumont ranks below 83% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 21%
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
Nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 17% in Beaumont. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (618 to 2,582 people), the 8th youngest
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.
Beaumont is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beaumont | 41.8 | 16% | 1.7% | 3.4% |
| Appoigny 3,114 · 3.6 mi | 50.2 | 28% | 2.7% | 6.2% |
| Migennes 6,688 · 3.9 mi | 45.1 | 25% | 1.8% | 17% |
| Monéteau 4,114 · 5 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2% | 6.2% |
| Brienon-sur-Armançon 3,032 · 5.8 mi | 47 | 25% | 7.3% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Georges-sur-Baulche 3,151 · 8.2 mi | 56.9 | 38% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
| Joigny 9,016 · 8.4 mi | 43.4 | 25% | 4.8% | 21% |
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 Beaumont
What is the population of Beaumont?
618 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (615).
How old are Beaumont’s residents?
The median age is 41.8, younger than 67% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beaumont?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beaumont?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beaumont?
€25,420 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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