Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
Who lives here
Fewer children live in Bernoy-le-Château than in Aisne’s towns or compared French towns: 15% are under 15
48.1median age
People 65 and over make up 25% of the town, higher than both Aisne’s towns (23%) and compared French towns (22%). Graduates make up 24% of adults. Bernoy-le-Château has a median age of 48.1.
Bernoy-le-ChâteauAisne medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
25%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma18%
CAP or BEP33%
Baccalauréat18%
Higher education24%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Aisne median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commute
Unemployment in Bernoy-le-Château, 8.5%, runs below Aisne’s towns and compared French towns
7%walk, cycle or take transit
At the census, 6.9% went to work on foot, by bike or by public transport, below both Aisne’s towns (17.2%) and compared French towns (13.4%). For its 350 residents in work, Bernoy-le-Château has 50 jobs: 0.2 each. The typical income here, after tax and benefits, is €27,270 a year per consumption unit.
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving91%
Public transport4%
On foot2%
Bicycle1%
Motorbike or scooter0%
50
jobs based in Bernoy-le-Château, 0.2 per working resident
8.5%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€27,270
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Schools
78.0% of candidates passed the brevet at the two collèges within 5 km, 2.8 points above the expected rate
99%passed the bac (general and technological)
Primary schools aren’t graded: France doesn’t publish their results by school.
Vocational results within 5 km: 79% passed the bac pro, of 275 candidates at 3 lycées. At the lycées within 5 km of Bernoy-le-Château, 88.7% passed the bac, below both Aisne’s towns (90.1%) and compared French towns (92.9%). Collège pupils travel 2.1 mi to the nearest one.
Ministry of Education (DEPP) · brevet and bac 2025, value added (IVAC, IVAL) · Licence Ouverte
Housing
The estimated advertised rent of an apartment in Bernoy-le-Château is €11.40/m² a month
€11.40/m²estimated apartment rent a month
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
House rents are put at about €9.99/m² a month. Among the homes sold, 90% were houses. Sales in Bernoy-le-Château from July 2023 to June 2026: 20 houses and apartments.
Estimated advertised apartment rent per m² a month
Bernoy-le-Château€11.40/m²
Median of towns€12.41/m²
Aisne median€10.23/m²
€11.40/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€9.26 to €14.03/m² a month)
€9.99/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
Bernoy-le-Château is a commune of 825 people in the Communauté d'agglomération GrandSoissons Agglomération. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
