One-person households: 19%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
With households headed by a manager or professional at 3.7%, Berling is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. This Moselle town is home to 313 residents in 140 households, by the 2023 Census. For Berling, the census puts flats at 7.9%. The median age here is 46.4, higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Moselle 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.
+8% since 2012, a pace 64% of compared French towns didn’t match
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 Moselle town changed −1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −7% and the next six +16%.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 8.3%, a lower share than 90% 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
■ Berling 46.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The census found that just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in Berling. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Moselle 51.8%, France 51.8%.
30% of households are couples with children, more than in 74% 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 Moselle median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.3 people each. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Berling sits below 87% of compared French towns for households without a car (5.2%)
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
The share of empty homes tops 63% of compared French towns: 7.9%. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 10% moved in during the last two years and 33% have stayed three decades or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €26,980 a year in 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.
Half of Berling’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €26,980 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
Berling: 30% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 99% 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
41% of households are headed by a retired person; in the typical compared French town the figure is 32%. Households headed by a manual worker: 14% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 86% of compared French towns: 2.6%
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.
The share of foreign nationals trails 85% of compared French towns: 1.6%. On average, 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.
Berling ranks above 96% of compared French towns on married residents: 52%
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
Here nearly a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 70% of compared French towns: 15%
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
The share of graduates of higher education trails 63% of compared French towns: 26%. For adults with no qualification, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 19%.
Of 41 French towns its size (313 to 2,582 people), the 18th oldest
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 Berling
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berling | 46.4 | 22% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
| Phalsbourg 4,688 · 2.8 mi | 41.9 | 21% | 2.6% | 9.5% |
| Saverne 11,460 · 6.9 mi | 46.2 | 24% | 2.8% | 13% |
| Marmoutier 2,699 · 9.7 mi | 44.4 | 21% | 1.6% | 5.7% |
| Sarrebourg 12,170 · 9.7 mi | 41.8 | 23% | 3.3% | 11% |
| Dettwiller 2,558 · 10.6 mi | 46.1 | 23% | 1.7% | 3.1% |
| Bouxwiller 3,754 · 10.6 mi | 46 | 23% | 2.4% | 9.2% |
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 Berling
What is the population of Berling?
313 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (289).
How old are Berling’s residents?
The median age is 46.4, older than 66% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berling?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berling?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berling?
€26,980 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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