Above 99% of compared French towns: 43% of households are couples with children
In the typical compared French town, 30% of homes are flats; in Bernouville, 0.7%. At the same time, households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 321, in 130 households. The share of households without a car stands at 5.9%.
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 Bernouville
A town of families
43% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Bernouville has grown +5%, faster than 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
The median Eure town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −1% and the next six +6%.
Half of Bernouville is under 41.1, younger than 72% 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
■ Bernouville 41.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9% in Bernouville and 11% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put residents aged 65 and over at 20% in the town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A lower share of one-person households than 98% of compared French towns, at 23%
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
There are 2.5 people in the average household. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
4.5% of households rent social housing (HLM), below 88% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 3.7% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. 5.1% of homes stand empty, a lower share than in 73% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Where 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, Bernouville has 3.6%.
A typical living standard of €27,070 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.
At €27,070 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 62% of compared French towns.
Bernouville ranks below 93% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 3.9%
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, 16% of households are headed by a manual worker here. For comparison, 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).
Below 76% of compared French towns: 3.7% of residents are immigrants
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.
With foreign nationals at 2.5%, Bernouville is behind 72% of compared French towns on that count. As a reference point, 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.
A smaller share of single residents than 98% of compared French towns: 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
Married people make up 48% and PACS partners 9.6%, against 43% and 6.1% in the median compared French town; 8.7% are widowed. For comparison, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 90% 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
22% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). Set beside that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 321 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is older than Bernouville
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernouville | 41.1 | 20% | 3.6% | 3.7% |
| Étrépagny 3,670 · 3.7 mi | 47.8 | 24% | 1.5% | 5.2% |
| Gisors 12,410 · 3.9 mi | 43.3 | 22% | 2.3% | 9.2% |
| Sérifontaine 2,784 · 5.6 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Chaumont-en-Vexin 3,338 · 8.9 mi | 44.2 | 25% | 3.4% | 7.5% |
| Vexin-sur-Epte 6,015 · 9.3 mi | 42.7 | 19% | 12% | 3.8% |
| Magny-en-Vexin 5,779 · 10.4 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 1.5% | 11% |
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 Bernouville
What is the population of Bernouville?
321 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (306).
How old are Bernouville’s residents?
The median age is 41.1, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bernouville?
5, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bernouville?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (2.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bernouville?
€27,070 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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