Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 5.4% in Bernadets-Dessus, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Households headed by a retired person: 57% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. Census day 2023: 146 residents and 68 households in Bernadets-Dessus. On the census count, 7.1% of households are single parents. The town has fewer second homes than two thirds of compared French towns, at 1.4%.
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 Bernadets-Dessus
An older town
Half of Bernadets-Dessus’ residents are under 52.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 9.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A change of −3% since 2012 leaves Bernadets-Dessus behind 80% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Hautes-Pyrénées town ±0%.
Bernadets-Dessus is older than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bernadets-Dessus 52.2. The median compared French town: 44.
22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, against 34% in Bernadets-Dessus.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 84 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hautes-Pyrénées 53.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
43% of households are one person living alone, more than in 79% 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
There are 2.2 people in the average household. At 21%, the share of couples with children is lower than in just over two thirds of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
5.5% of homes stand empty, below 67% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. On average, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the last two years, 4.3% of households moved in; at the other end, 45% have stayed 30 years or more. Without a car: one household in nine, against 11% in the median compared French town.
A median of €23,720 a year per consumption unit
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,720 a year: lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (57%)
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.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Bernadets-Dessus, 2.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 85% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 2% in Bernadets-Dessus. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 36% of residents 15 and over are married in Bernadets-Dessus
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
For Bernadets-Dessus, the census puts single residents at 26%. As a yardstick, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
24% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 73% 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
Here 23% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. As a yardstick, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 8th oldest of 41 French towns of 146 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as old as Bernadets-Dessus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernadets-Dessus | 52.2 | 34% | 1.4% | 2.7% |
| Lannemezan 5,811 · 7.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 3.2% | 10% |
| Barbazan-Debat 3,478 · 9.3 mi | 50.1 | 30% | 2% | 5.6% |
| Séméac 5,236 · 10 mi | 50.2 | 27% | 2.3% | 7.8% |
| Soues 2,988 · 10.2 mi | 49.8 | 28% | 1.5% | 7.3% |
| Aureilhan 8,031 · 10.6 mi | 49.3 | 28% | 1.2% | 7.5% |
| Tarbes 44,399 · 11.9 mi | 39.9 | 23% | 2.2% | 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 Bernadets-Dessus
What is the population of Bernadets-Dessus?
146 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (150).
How old are Bernadets-Dessus’ residents?
The median age is 52.2, older than 89% of compared French towns. 16% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bernadets-Dessus?
1, with occasional dwellings: 1.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bernadets-Dessus?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bernadets-Dessus?
€23,720 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 November 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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