Older than 94% of compared French towns: half of La Belliole is over 55.3
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 0.7% of homes are flats in La Belliole. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 216, in 110 households. Locally, 2.9% of homes stand empty.
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 La Belliole
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 25 second homes and occasional dwellings in La Belliole, 18% of its 140 homes: higher than in 93% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
La Belliole had 253 residents at the 2012 census and 216 in 2023, down 15%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of La Belliole’s residents are under 55.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
La Belliole: 18% of homes are second homes, above 93% 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
Car-free households: one in 12, where the median compared French town has 11%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. The census found that 8.6% of households have no car in La Belliole. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
−15% since 2012: slower than 99% 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 Yonne town changed −4% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −14%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns, at 4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Belliole 55.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yonne 52.2%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 21%, a lower share than 68% 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 Yonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. As a reference point, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. At 33%, the share of one-person households is lower than in three fifths of compared French towns.
€27,300 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,300 a year: higher than in 64% of compared French towns.
La Belliole sits below 80% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (9.5%)
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 a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 37% in La Belliole. Lower than in 55% of compared French towns: 8.7% of households are headed by a manager or professional. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Belliole ranks below 68% of compared French towns on immigrants: 4.5%
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 Yonne has 9.2%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 68% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Census figures put foreign nationals at 3.5% in La Belliole.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 9.9% 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 55%, La Belliole is ahead of 99% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 22% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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, La Belliole has 24%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 216 to 2,582 people, the 5th oldest
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).
Every neighbor is younger than La Belliole
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Belliole | 55.3 | 28% | 18% | 4.5% |
| Paron 4,834 · 8 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 1.5% | 12% |
| Courtenay 3,772 · 8.5 mi | 53.7 | 35% | 6.8% | 5.1% |
| Sens 27,106 · 10 mi | 42.1 | 23% | 2.6% | 20% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Yonne 5,135 · 10.5 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 7.5% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Clément 2,849 · 10.7 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 2.1% | 14% |
| Pont-sur-Yonne 3,391 · 11 mi | 45.2 | 27% | 5.9% | 9.2% |
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 La Belliole
What is the population of La Belliole?
216 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 15% fewer than in 2012 (253).
How old are La Belliole’s residents?
The median age is 55.3, older than 94% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Belliole?
25, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Belliole?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.5% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Belliole?
€27,300 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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