Half of Berg is over 53, older than 91% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Berg is home to 347 residents in 170 households, by the 2023 Census. The share of households headed by a manager or professional stands at 2.9%. In Berg, 3.7% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Bas-Rhin 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 Berg
Fewer residents than in 2012
Berg had 413 residents at the 2012 census and 347 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Berg’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 3.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −16% change 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −12%, then −5% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 97% of compared French towns: 6.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Berg 53. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 28%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%.
39% of households are one person living alone, a share 66% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Bas-Rhin median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. 28% of households are couples with children.
In Berg, 3.2% of households have no car, fewer than in 98% 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
Here 11% of homes stand empty, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. Of all households, 6% moved in during the last two years and 31% have stayed three decades or more. Berg has more second homes than 58% of compared French towns, at 2.6%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,870 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.
Half of residents live in households above €26,870 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 60% of compared French towns.
Berg ranks above 75% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 37%
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 manual worker is 14%; Berg has 12%. To put it in context, nearly a third 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).
Only 2.1% of residents are immigrants in Berg
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.
0.9% of residents are foreign nationals; in the typical compared French town the figure is 4.3%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 91% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Berg sits below 87% of compared French towns for single residents (21%)
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
In Berg, 47% of residents 15 and over are married, beside 43% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Berg ranks below 75% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 23%
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
Berg has fewer adults with no qualification than 53% of compared French towns, at 18%. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
No nearby town is as old as Berg
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berg | 53 | 28% | 2.6% | 2.1% |
| Sarre-Union 2,731 · 4.2 mi | 48.8 | 28% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Sarralbe 4,364 · 9.1 mi | 44.5 | 22% | 1.4% | 6% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 10.4 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 11.7 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Hambach 2,766 · 12.9 mi | 47.8 | 23% | 1.3% | 9.3% |
| Woustviller 2,786 · 14.3 mi | 50 | 26% | 0.1% | 12% |
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 Berg
What is the population of Berg?
347 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (413).
How old are Berg’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berg?
5, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berg?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berg?
€26,870 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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