Couples with children make up 36% in Barc, more than in 95% of compared French towns
11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town, against 3.8% in Barc. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 1,166, in 460 households. Across Barc, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Barc
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 8% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Barc grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 50% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the change was +10%; from 2017 to 2023, −5%.
16% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 86% 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
■ Barc 39.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Barc’s residents are under 39.9, younger than in 80% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Across Barc, one in ten residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
Barc ranks below 99% of compared French towns on one-person households: 21%
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 Eure median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2.6 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. 8% of households are single parents, fewer than in 81% of compared French towns.
Households in social housing: 2%, a lower share than 97% 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
Second homes: 5.6%, above 79% of compared French towns. Of all households, 7.5% moved in during the last two years and 24% have stayed three decades or more. Fewer empty homes than in 58% of compared French towns: 6.2%. For households in social housing, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 12%.
€25,720 a year: the median 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.
Living standards centre on €25,720 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 52% of compared French towns.
Barc ranks below 68% of compared French towns on households headed by a retired person: 29%
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
Where nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town, Barc has 6.8%. The usual figure: nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.1% in Barc, less than in 99% 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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Barc has 0.5%. 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.
Single residents: 19%, a lower share than 97% 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
The share of married residents tops 76% of compared French towns: 47%. By way of comparison, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Barc sits below 77% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (23%)
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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Elsewhere, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,166 to 2,582 people), the 2nd youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is older than Barc
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barc | 39.9 | 16% | 5.6% | 1.1% |
| Beaumont-le-Roger 2,769 · 2 mi | 48 | 26% | 5% | 3.3% |
| Le Neubourg 4,199 · 6.6 mi | 52.3 | 33% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Mesnil-en-Ouche 4,414 · 8.9 mi | 48.5 | 25% | 19% | 2.3% |
| Brionne 4,185 · 9.3 mi | 45.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Conches-en-Ouche 4,838 · 9.6 mi | 44.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 3% |
| Bernay 9,765 · 10.2 mi | 49.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 4.5% |
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 Barc
What is the population of Barc?
1,166 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (1,111).
How old are Barc’s residents?
The median age is 39.9, younger than 80% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Barc?
29, with occasional dwellings: 5.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Barc?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Barc?
€25,720 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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