In Berry-au-Bac, 38% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Berry-au-Bac has 7.8%. At 4.1%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 94% of compared French towns. Its 270 households held 722 residents at the 2023 Census. Roughly two in ten: just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Berry-au-Bac
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 11% single parents with children; 23% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Berry-au-Bac’s residents are under 36.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 23% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Growing fast
Berry-au-Bac had 591 residents at the 2012 census and 722 in 2023, up 22%: faster growth than in 92% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Berry-au-Bac grew +22% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 92% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +10%, and from 2017 to 2023 +11%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aisne town −4%.
Berry-au-Bac is younger than 92% of compared French towns: a median age of 36.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Berry-au-Bac 36.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 8.6% in Berry-au-Bac and 11% in the typical compared French town. What’s more, residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 122 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 95% of compared French towns: 24%
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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.5 people on average. More single-parent households than in 70% of compared French towns: 11%. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Households in social housing make up 9.8% in Berry-au-Bac, less than in 62% 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
Of all households, 13% moved in during the last two years and 17% have stayed three decades or more. For comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. 7.8% of homes stand empty, more than in 62% of compared French towns. There is little gap on second homes: 1.7%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,880 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.
The median standard of living in Berry-au-Bac is €24,880 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
Berry-au-Bac ranks below 80% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 26%
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 manager or professional is 9.4%; Berry-au-Bac has 11%. As a reference point, 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).
Berry-au-Bac sits above 74% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (8%)
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.
In Berry-au-Bac, nearly one in ten residents are immigrants, beside 6.5% in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aisne has 5.7%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Only 22% of residents 15 and over are single in Berry-au-Bac
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
For Berry-au-Bac, the census puts married residents at 44%. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
21% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 84% 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
Adults with no qualification: 28% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 722 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.
Berry-au-Bac is the youngest (36.9); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Berry-au-Bac is younger than 5 of its 6 nearest neighbors
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berry-au-Bac | 36.9 | 15% | 1.7% | 8.2% |
| Villeneuve-sur-Aisne 2,792 · 4.1 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 1.3% | 2.4% |
| Saint-Brice-Courcelles 3,566 · 10.3 mi | 47.2 | 25% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Bétheny 6,975 · 10.6 mi | 47.6 | 27% | 0.8% | 4.2% |
| Tinqueux 10,771 · 11.4 mi | 44.4 | 24% | 0.8% | 6.1% |
| Fismes 5,850 · 11.8 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.5% | 3.1% |
| Reims 177,674 · 11.9 mi | 35.1 | 17% | 3.8% | 14% |
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 Berry-au-Bac
What is the population of Berry-au-Bac?
722 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 22% more than in 2012 (591).
How old are Berry-au-Bac’s residents?
The median age is 36.9, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berry-au-Bac?
5, with occasional dwellings: 1.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berry-au-Bac?
INSEE counts 59 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 8.2% of residents, and 58 foreign nationals (8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berry-au-Bac?
€24,880 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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