35% of households are couples with children, a share 92% of compared French towns don’t reach
With flats at 6%, Bersée is behind 94% of compared French towns on that count. In 2023, the Census found 2,318 residents here, living in 950 households. Here, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. 3.8% of households have no car, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns.
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 Bersée
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 7.7% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Many graduates
49% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 55% 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 first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, +4%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 19%, a lower share than 70% 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
■ Bersée 43.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: a tenth of the total. With a median age of 43.9, Bersée is younger than just over half of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Nord 51.9%, France 51.8%.
Below 95% of compared French towns: 25% of households are one person living alone
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
The average household has 2.4 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town. At 7.7%, the share of single-parent households is lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Bersée sits below 92% of compared French towns for households in social housing (3.5%)
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
7.4% of households arrived within the last two years, while 25% have stayed 30 years or more. The share of households in social housing in the typical compared French town is 12%. At 0.7%, the share of second homes is lower than in 92% of compared French towns. On empty homes, 5.8% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €31,270 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.
Living standards centre on €31,270 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 6.0% of the population lives below the poverty line.
In Bersée, 24% of households are headed by a manager or professional, more than in 93% 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
30% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 2.1% in Bersée, less than in 90% 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.
Set against 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Bersée. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 89% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Nearly half of residents 15 and over are married, against 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
Bersée sits above 92% of compared French towns for graduates of higher education (49%)
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
Adults with no qualification: 12%, below 89% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
16th lowest median age among 41 French towns of 2,318 to 2,582
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.
A younger town than 1 of the 6 around it: Bersée
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bersée | 43.9 | 19% | 0.7% | 2.1% |
| Mérignies 3,527 · 2.3 mi | 43.4 | 17% | 1.5% | 3.5% |
| Coutiches 3,436 · 3.2 mi | 40 | 16% | 0.6% | 2.4% |
| Pont-à-Marcq 3,016 · 3.2 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 0.3% | 2.4% |
| Templeuve-en-Pévèle 7,202 · 3.5 mi | 43 | 19% | 0.8% | 2.5% |
| Thumeries 4,170 · 3.8 mi | 42 | 18% | 0.5% | 2.1% |
| Raimbeaucourt 4,000 · 4 mi | 48.8 | 25% | 0.1% | 1.4% |
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 Bersée
What is the population of Bersée?
2,318 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (2,238).
How old are Bersée’s residents?
The median age is 43.9, younger than 51% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bersée?
7, with occasional dwellings: 0.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bersée?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.1% of residents, and 25 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bersée?
€31,270 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 6.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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