Bernesq sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (0.8%)
One-person households make up 28%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. 4.5% of households have no car, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. Bernesq’s 89 households held 212 residents at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person: 44% of the total.
Throughout this page, the Calvados 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 Bernesq
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 22 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bernesq, 18% of its 130 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 5.6% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 92% of compared French towns: 18% of homes are second homes
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Census figures put empty homes at 11% in Bernesq.
Bernesq grew +16% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 83% 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
The change was +11% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Calvados town +1%.
More residents aged 15 to 24 than 95% of compared French towns: 15%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bernesq 45.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bernesq is 45.5, higher than in three fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 11% of residents are 15 to 24. For Bernesq, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Calvados 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Bernesq sits above 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (33%)
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 Calvados median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.4 people share a household. Bernesq has fewer single-parent households than 98% of compared French towns, at 5.6%. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €23,260 a year in standard of living
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 €23,260 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 79% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manual worker than 70% of compared French towns: 11%
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.8% of residents are immigrants in Bernesq
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.
The median compared commune in Calvados has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 83% of compared French towns. About one in 36: that is how common foreign nationals are in Bernesq (2.8%). On average, 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
38% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 81% 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
27% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
A smaller share of graduates of higher education than 89% of compared French towns: 19%
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
26% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
41 French towns of 212 to 2,582 people: this is the 21st 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Bernesq, 4 are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernesq | 45.5 | 22% | 18% | 2.8% |
| Le Molay-Littry 3,124 · 3.7 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.3% | 1.4% |
| Isigny-sur-Mer 3,543 · 7.2 mi | 52.4 | 30% | 7.6% | 1.3% |
| Bayeux 12,659 · 10.4 mi | 51.4 | 31% | 4.4% | 3.2% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Elle 2,516 · 12.6 mi | 43 | 20% | 2.8% | 0.9% |
| Saint-Lô 19,471 · 13 mi | 43.3 | 24% | 2.2% | 6.2% |
| Carentan-les-Marais 10,218 · 13.4 mi | 49.1 | 28% | 5% | 2.4% |
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 Bernesq
What is the population of Bernesq?
212 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% more than in 2012 (183).
How old are Bernesq’s residents?
The median age is 45.5, older than 60% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bernesq?
22, with occasional dwellings: 18% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bernesq?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bernesq?
€23,260 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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