Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.4% of homes are flats
2.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional; in the typical compared French town the figure is 9.4%. The 2023 Census put Bercloux’s population at 448, in 190 households. The census found that 5.8% of homes are second homes in the town. Fewer households without a car than in 90% of compared French towns: 4.7%.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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.
Since 2012, Bercloux has changed by −2%, slower than 78% 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
In two steps, −4% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +8% in Charente-Maritime.
Bercloux sits below 78% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.2%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bercloux 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bercloux is 42.5, lower than in 62% of compared French towns. On average, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 65 and over come to 20% in the town, about two in ten.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 28% in Bercloux, less than in 84% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.3 people in the average household. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Bercloux has more couples with children than 79% of compared French towns, at 31%.
Empty homes make up 8.9% in Bercloux, more than in 72% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €24,680 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 Bercloux’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,680 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 64% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 23% in Bercloux, more than in 92% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 32% in the typical compared French town, 31% of households are headed by a retired person here. In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bercloux sits below 99% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.1%)
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Bercloux comes in at 0.7%. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bercloux sits below 98% of compared French towns for single residents (18%)
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
52% of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, single residents come to 25%.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 91% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town, against 23% in Bercloux. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
10th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 448 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Bercloux is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bercloux | 42.5 | 20% | 5.8% | 1.1% |
| Saint-Jean-d'Angély 6,784 · 7.9 mi | 56 | 36% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 7.9 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 8.6 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 10.6 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 11.9 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Coteaux 2,843 · 12.7 mi | 51.3 | 30% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
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 Bercloux
What is the population of Bercloux?
448 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (457).
How old are Bercloux’s residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bercloux?
13, with occasional dwellings: 5.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bercloux?
INSEE counts 5 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bercloux?
€24,680 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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