Bermerain ranks above 96% of compared French towns on couples with children: 37%
Second homes are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Bermerain’s 320 households held 778 residents at the 2023 Census. For Bermerain, the census puts households headed by a manual worker at 4.7%. Here 0.3% of homes are flats, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Throughout this page, the Nord 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 Bermerain
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 3.2% single parents with children; 20% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Bermerain had 667 residents at the 2012 census and 778 in 2023, up 17%: faster growth than in 85% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Bermerain has grown +17%, faster than 85% 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 Nord town ±0%. The first five years brought +8%; the six to 2023, +8%.
Bermerain is younger than 78% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bermerain 40.2. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over trails 82% of compared French towns: 17%. Here, 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Bermerain sits below 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (3.2%)
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 Nord median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone in Bermerain. The comparison figure for single-parent households is 10% in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.5 people.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 1% of households rent social housing (HLM)
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
Without a car: one household in 16, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households in social housing: 12% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Census figures put households without a car at 6.1% in Bermerain.
€26,300 a year is the median standard of living here
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 €26,300 a year: higher than in 54% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manager or professional than 84% of compared French towns: 18%
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 retired person: 27%, below nearly four fifths of compared French towns. As a yardstick, nearly one in ten 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.8%
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.
0.1% of residents are foreign nationals, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Nord has 4.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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.
Below 91% of compared French towns: 20% 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
Set against 43% in the typical compared French town, 45% of residents 15 and over are married in Bermerain. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Only 13% of adults out of school have no qualification in Bermerain
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
40% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification (typical compared French town: 30%). Elsewhere, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 778 to 2,582 people: this is the 3rd 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Median age: 4 of the 6 towns around Bermerain 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bermerain | 40.2 | 17% | 0% | 0.8% |
| Maing 3,954 · 4.4 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 0.8% | 2.7% |
| Le Quesnoy 4,878 · 4.8 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 1.6% | 3% |
| Solesmes 4,142 · 5 mi | 44.9 | 23% | 2.1% | 1.2% |
| Haspres 2,626 · 5.2 mi | 41.4 | 20% | 0.2% | 1.1% |
| Thiant 2,914 · 5.3 mi | 39.6 | 17% | 1.8% | 1.7% |
| Aulnoy-lez-Valenciennes 7,080 · 5.5 mi | 35.9 | 19% | 0.8% | 7.9% |
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 Bermerain
What is the population of Bermerain?
778 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 17% more than in 2012 (667).
How old are Bermerain’s residents?
The median age is 40.2, younger than 78% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bermerain?
0, with occasional dwellings: 0% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bermerain?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (0.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bermerain?
€26,300 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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