52% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
The figure for households without a car is 3.2% in Bernac-Dessus and 11% in the typical compared French town. At the 2023 Census, 282 people lived here, in 130 households. Locally, 24% of households are one person living alone. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Hautes-Pyrénées 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 Bernac-Dessus
An older town
Half of Bernac-Dessus’ residents are under 51.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 5.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 17 homes empty (11%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 82% of compared French towns: Bernac-Dessus changed by −3% since 2012
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 Hautes-Pyrénées town changed ±0% and the median compared French town +5%. Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved +1%, then −4% to 2023.
Half of Bernac-Dessus is over 51.8, older than 88% 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
■ Bernac-Dessus 51.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 28%, above 81% of compared French towns. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 8.9%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 12% in Bernac-Dessus, more than in 77% of compared French towns
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 Hautes-Pyrénées median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. In the typical compared French town, single-parent households come to 10%. Nearly a quarter of households are couples with children; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 5.4% of homes are flats
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Bernac-Dessus has 11%. Locally, 3.4% of homes are second homes. In the typical compared French town, flats come to 30%.
Median living standard: €26,100 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 €26,100 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 51% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 16%, a higher share than 63% 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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 1.1%
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.
1.8% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 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.
61% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 99% 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
In Bernac-Dessus, 18% of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 78% 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
In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%; Bernac-Dessus has 37%. Typically, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 9th oldest of 41 French towns of 282 to 2,582 people
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.
Every neighbor is younger than Bernac-Dessus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Bernac-Dessus
What is the population of Bernac-Dessus?
282 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (291).
How old are Bernac-Dessus’ residents?
The median age is 51.8, older than 88% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bernac-Dessus?
5, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bernac-Dessus?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bernac-Dessus?
€26,100 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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