A larger share of couples with children than 89% of compared French towns: 33%
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%; Beynes has 22%. Households in social housing account for 6.3%. 5.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns. This Yvelines town counted 7,704 residents and 3,170 households at the 2023 Census.
Throughout this page, the Yvelines 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 Beynes
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Beynes changed by +1% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 66% 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 ±0% from 2012 to 2017 and +1% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Yvelines town +7%.
In Beynes, 19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 72% 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
■ Beynes 42.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 42.9, Beynes is younger than 59% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in nine: just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Yvelines 51.6%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 93% of compared French towns: 26%
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 Yvelines median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.4 people each. Just over one in ten households are single parents, more than in 60% of compared French towns. On average, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 5.4% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for 7.7% of households, residents of 30 years or more for 24%. On second homes, Beynes sits lower than three quarters of compared French towns: 1.2%. The usual figure: 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Without a car: one household in 19, against 11% in the median compared French town.
At the median, €33,450 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.
Half of residents live in households above €33,450 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 94% of compared French towns. Living below the poverty line: 5.0% of residents.
7.5% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 89% 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
The share of households headed by a retired person trails 78% of compared French towns: 27%. For comparison, 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).
4% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 52% of compared French towns
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 make up a share lower than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Yvelines has 15%. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Across Beynes, 6.3% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 93% of compared French towns: 50%
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
By its share of single residents (23%), Beynes is below 73% of compared French towns. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 91% of compared French towns: 11%
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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 41% in Beynes. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
12th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 7,595 to 7,818
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Chessy (33), the youngest, and Mimizan (56.3), the oldest.
A younger town than 2 of the 6 around it: Beynes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Beynes | 42.9 | 19% | 1.2% | 6.3% |
| Villiers-Saint-Frédéric 3,395 · 2.6 mi | 40.5 | 18% | 1.9% | 8.3% |
| Neauphle-le-Château 3,250 · 2.9 mi | 42.7 | 18% | 3.3% | 7.7% |
| Plaisir 31,811 · 3.9 mi | 37.9 | 15% | 1.3% | 19% |
| Maule 6,083 · 4.2 mi | 43.6 | 19% | 1.5% | 9.4% |
| Jouars-Pontchartrain 6,039 · 4.3 mi | 42.2 | 18% | 2.7% | 7% |
| Feucherolles 3,043 · 4.6 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 2.5% | 8.1% |
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 Beynes
What is the population of Beynes?
7,704 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (7,625).
How old are Beynes’ residents?
The median age is 42.9, younger than 59% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Beynes?
39, with occasional dwellings: 1.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Beynes?
INSEE counts 490 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 310 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Beynes?
€33,450 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 5.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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