In Berche, 36% of households are couples with children, more than in 95% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Berche had 534 residents in 220 households at the 2023 census. Here, 7.3% of homes are flats. In Berche, 4% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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 Berche
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 4.7% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, Berche outgrew 79% of compared French towns: +14%
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
Over those years, the median Doubs town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%.
A higher share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 82% of compared French towns, at 13%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Berche 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.1, Berche is older than 57% of compared French towns. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 24% in the town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Berche ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 4.7%
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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
A household here holds 2.4 people on average. Elsewhere, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. 27% of households are one person living alone, a lower share than in 90% of compared French towns.
A lower share of empty homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 3.1%
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
Here 1% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. In the last two years, 1.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 35% have stayed 30 years or more.
Median standard of living: €28,470 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 residents live in households above €28,470 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 75% of compared French towns.
Berche sits above 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (19%)
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 manual worker is 14%; Berche has 19%. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Locally, 39% of households are headed by a retired person.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.6% of residents are foreign nationals
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 6.5% in the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants in Berche comes in at 2.1%. The median compared commune in Doubs has 8.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 90% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
49% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 88% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
The share of single residents is 22%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 74% 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
The share of graduates of higher education is 35%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. By way of comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 20th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Berche and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berche | 45.1 | 24% | 1% | 2.1% |
| Bavans 3,582 · 0.9 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.9% | 5.1% |
| Voujeaucourt 3,174 · 1.1 mi | 47.4 | 23% | 0.7% | 6% |
| Montbéliard 24,672 · 3.5 mi | 41.2 | 24% | 2.5% | 20% |
| Mandeure 4,612 · 3.8 mi | 45.6 | 24% | 0.9% | 7.7% |
| Valentigney 10,501 · 4 mi | 43.2 | 23% | 1.7% | 17% |
| Exincourt 3,277 · 4.4 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 0.8% | 10% |
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 Berche
What is the population of Berche?
534 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 14% more than in 2012 (470).
How old are Berche’s residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berche?
2, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berche?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berche?
€28,470 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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