Photo: Renhour48 · CC012% of households are couples with children, below 98% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Bergerac has 44%. About one in ten: that is how common empty homes are in Bergerac (9.6%). At 19%, the share of households without a car is higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 27,110 residents in 14,790 households.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Bergerac
Many people living alone
52% of Bergerac’s households are one person: higher than in 95% of compared French towns; 40% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
An older town
Half of Bergerac’s residents are under 52.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 11% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −3% since 2012 leaves Bergerac behind 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, −4% to 2017 and +1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −1% in Dordogne.
A median age of 52.5: Bergerac is older than 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
■ Bergerac 52.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Just over a third of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. For Bergerac, the census puts residents aged 15 to 24 at 9.6%.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 52% of households are one person living alone
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.8 people in the average household. Against that, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. At 10%, single-parent households sit close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Bergerac sits above 75% of compared French towns for second homes (4.6%)
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
Turnover: 15% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 14% have lived in their home 30 years or more. By way of comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Higher than in three fifths of compared French towns: 37% of homes are flats. Just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) (typical compared French town: 12%).
The median resident lives on €22,650 a year per consumption unit
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 €22,650 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 84% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 22.7% of the population.
6.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 74% 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 14% in the typical compared French town, 11% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
6.9% of residents are foreign nationals, more than in 69% 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.
6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town, against 9.1% in Bergerac. That is higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Dordogne has 5.4%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Married residents: 37%, a lower share than 84% 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
28% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Bergerac: 22% of adults out of school have no qualification, above 66% 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
27% of Bergerac’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 22% have no diploma (19%).
Of 41 French towns its size (25,797 to 28,496 people), the 2nd 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.
Ages run from 31 in Grigny to 55.2 in Biarritz.
3 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Bergerac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergerac | 52.5 | 34% | 4.6% | 9.1% |
| Prigonrieux 4,374 · 3.7 mi | 52.6 | 31% | 1.6% | 3.7% |
| Lamonzie-Saint-Martin 2,742 · 4.7 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 3.9% | 4.6% |
| La Force 2,702 · 5.6 mi | 50.4 | 28% | 3.4% | 4.2% |
| Pineuilh 4,490 · 12.5 mi | 53.9 | 35% | 3.2% | 9% |
| Lalinde 2,931 · 12.7 mi | 58.7 | 39% | 9.8% | 5.2% |
| Sainte-Foy-la-Grande 2,507 · 12.9 mi | 46.9 | 31% | 2.7% | 21% |
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 Bergerac
What is the population of Bergerac?
27,110 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (27,972).
How old are Bergerac’s residents?
The median age is 52.5, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bergerac?
790, with occasional dwellings: 4.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bergerac?
INSEE counts 2,470 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 1,880 foreign nationals (6.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bergerac?
€22,650 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 22.7% of residents live below the poverty line. 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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