Half of Bernac is over 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. 465 residents in 230 households: that is Bernac at the 2023 Census. Couples with children: 20% of the total. Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Bernac comes in at 4.4%.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Bernac
An older town
Half of Bernac’s residents are under 53.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012: slower than 82% 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, +2% to 2017 and −5% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
In Bernac, 32% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 90% 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
■ Bernac 53.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 trails 92% of compared French towns: 8.1%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 81% of compared French towns, at 29%
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.1 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. At 11%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Only 6.7% of households have no car in Bernac
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
One household in 15 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The census found that 5.2% of homes stand empty in Bernac.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €25,360 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,360 a year: lower than in 56% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 90% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Bernac has 36%. Measured more widely, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 66% of compared French towns: 4.7%
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.
Here, 4.5% of residents are foreign nationals. Typically, 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.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 21% of residents 15 and over are single
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 48% in Bernac. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 17% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Bernac
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
Adults with no qualification: 21% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 465 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Bernac is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bernac
What is the population of Bernac?
465 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (481).
How old are Bernac’s residents?
The median age is 53.2, older than 91% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bernac?
11, with occasional dwellings: 4.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bernac?
INSEE counts 22 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.7% of residents, and 21 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bernac?
€25,360 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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