A lower share of households headed by a manager or professional than 99% of compared French towns, at 1.1%
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Berriac has 9.9%. In 2023, the Census found 979 residents locally, living in 470 households. Single-parent households account for 14%. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 4.2%, fewer than in 90% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aude 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.
Berriac grew +11% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 73% 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 Aude town changed +4% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +8%, then +3% to 2023.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 70% 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
■ Berriac 42.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Berriac sits close to the norm on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, about the same as in the typical compared French town. Half of the town’s residents are under 42.2, younger than in 64% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 22% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Aude 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Berriac sits above 79% of compared French towns for one-person households (43%)
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 Aude median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Berriac comes in at 21%. As a yardstick, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Below 71% of compared French towns: 7.3% of households have no car
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
At 1.5%, second homes sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town. The census found that just over a fifth of homes are flats in Berriac. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €20,400 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 midpoint of living standards here is €20,400 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 95% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 73% of compared French towns: 18%
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
30% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Across the 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).
Berriac: 5.8% of residents are immigrants
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 56% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Aude has 6%. About one in 17: that is how common immigrants are in Berriac (5.8%). Little separates the share of foreign nationals here, 3.8%, from the figure 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.
A higher share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 44%
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
30% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
43% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 99% 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
16% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, against 30% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (979 to 2,582 people), the 9th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Berriac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berriac | 42.2 | 19% | 1.5% | 5.8% |
| Trèbes 5,361 · 2.3 mi | 50.2 | 30% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Carcassonne 46,080 · 2.5 mi | 46.6 | 26% | 6.7% | 14% |
| Palaja 2,722 · 2.8 mi | 46.2 | 22% | 2.5% | 5.8% |
| Villemoustaussou 4,401 · 3.4 mi | 47 | 25% | 1.8% | 6% |
| Conques-sur-Orbiel 2,523 · 4 mi | 46.8 | 27% | 3.9% | 6.2% |
| Pennautier 2,895 · 4.7 mi | 45.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 6.3% |
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 Berriac
What is the population of Berriac?
979 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 11% more than in 2012 (880).
How old are Berriac’s residents?
The median age is 42.2, younger than 64% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berriac?
8, with occasional dwellings: 1.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berriac?
INSEE counts 57 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.8% of residents, and 37 foreign nationals (3.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berriac?
€20,400 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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