Older than 93% of compared French towns: half of Bernardvillé is over 54.6
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM); in Bernardvillé, 1.1%. 5.6% of households have no car, a lower share than in 83% of compared French towns. This Bas-Rhin town had 197 residents in 86 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 15% of homes are flats.
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 Bernardvillé
One home in seven is a second home
The census counted 16 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bernardvillé, 14% of its 120 homes: higher than in 90% of compared French towns. 75% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bernardvillé had 218 residents at the 2012 census and 197 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Bernardvillé’s residents are under 54.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.5% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 13 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 90% of compared French towns: 14%
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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Bernardvillé. As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
−10% since 2012, a pace below 97% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +6% for the median Bas-Rhin town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then −15% to 2023.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 2.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bernardvillé 54.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
55% women, 45% men
About 81 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Bas-Rhin 51.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
5.6% of households are single parents, below 98% of compared French towns
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
Here just over a fifth of households are couples with children, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Measured more widely, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in four: 28% of households are one person living alone.
Median standard of living: €27,040 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 Bernardvillé’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €27,040 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Bernardvillé sits below 75% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (28%)
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
Households headed by a manual worker: 11% here and 14% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: 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).
In Bernardvillé, 6% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 64% 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 higher than in 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Bas-Rhin has 8.5%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 13: 7.5% 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.
Bernardvillé: 55% of residents 15 and over are married, above 99% of compared French towns
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 (19%), Bernardvillé is below 96% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 19%, a lower share than 89% 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
In Bernardvillé, 24% of adults out of school have no qualification, beside 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 197 to 2,582 people: this is the 7th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Bernardvillé
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernardvillé | 54.6 | 28% | 14% | 7.5% |
| Barr 7,057 · 3.2 mi | 44 | 20% | 2.5% | 9% |
| Scherwiller 3,099 · 5.6 mi | 47.5 | 22% | 1.6% | 4.5% |
| Châtenois 4,294 · 6.7 mi | 44.4 | 20% | 1.5% | 3.9% |
| Obernai 12,587 · 7.4 mi | 44.8 | 24% | 4.2% | 10% |
| Sélestat 19,589 · 7.8 mi | 42.9 | 20% | 1.7% | 11% |
| Huttenheim 2,735 · 8.2 mi | 42.2 | 17% | 0.9% | 4.9% |
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 Bernardvillé
What is the population of Bernardvillé?
197 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (218).
How old are Bernardvillé’s residents?
The median age is 54.6, older than 93% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bernardvillé?
16, with occasional dwellings: 14% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bernardvillé?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.5% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bernardvillé?
€27,040 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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