Bernos-Beaulac sits below 98% of compared French towns for flats (3.1%)
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Bernos-Beaulac has 42%. 1,131 residents in 540 households: that is Bernos-Beaulac at the 2023 Census. For Bernos-Beaulac, the census puts households in social housing at 1.5%. The town has fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 92% of compared French towns, at 8.1%.
Throughout this page, the Gironde 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 Bernos-Beaulac
An older town
Half of Bernos-Beaulac’s residents are under 52.1 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.9% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−3% since 2012: slower than 83% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Gironde town +16%. The first five years brought −6%; the six to 2023, +2%.
Bernos-Beaulac is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.1
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bernos-Beaulac 52.1. The median compared French town: 44.
With residents aged 65 and over at 28%, Bernos-Beaulac is ahead of 78% of compared French towns on that count.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Gironde 51.8%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Only 20% of households are couples with children in Bernos-Beaulac
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 Gironde median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8.3%, fewer than in 77% of compared French towns. The share of couples with children in the typical compared French town is 25%. One-person households: 33% here and 35% in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of households without a car than 68% of compared French towns: 7.8%
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: 3.6%, above two thirds of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. 8.9% of households moved in less than two years ago; 24% have been in their home 30 years or more.
Median living standard: €24,550 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 Bernos-Beaulac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,550 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
Only 7.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Bernos-Beaulac
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker. In the typical compared French town, households headed by a manager or professional come to 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.4% of residents are immigrants, below 88% 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.
Foreign nationals make up 1.5%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. 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.
Below 94% of compared French towns: 19% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Bernos-Beaulac, 48%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 87% of compared French towns, at 19%
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
25% of adults out of school have no qualification (typical compared French town: 19%). The wider picture: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th oldest 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 1 of the 5 towns around Bernos-Beaulac 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernos-Beaulac | 52.1 | 28% | 3.6% | 2.4% |
| Bazas 4,854 · 4.4 mi | 52 | 31% | 3.8% | 4.7% |
| Langon 7,674 · 11.9 mi | 46.4 | 28% | 1.8% | 9.6% |
| Toulenne 2,881 · 12.6 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 2.1% | 6.1% |
| Casteljaloux 4,755 · 17.2 mi | 57 | 39% | 8.5% | 5.3% |
| La Réole 4,487 · 17.9 mi | 44.7 | 22% | 1.9% | 12% |
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 Bernos-Beaulac
What is the population of Bernos-Beaulac?
1,131 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,171).
How old are Bernos-Beaulac’s residents?
The median age is 52.1, older than 89% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bernos-Beaulac?
22, with occasional dwellings: 3.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bernos-Beaulac?
INSEE counts 27 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.4% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bernos-Beaulac?
€24,550 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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