Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.7%
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 7.2%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census put Berneuil-en-Bray’s population at 813, in 330 households. Across Berneuil-en-Bray, 21% of households are one person living alone. 4.1% of homes are flats, a lower share than in 97% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Berneuil-en-Bray
A town of families
34% of households are couples with children and 9% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +3% change since 2012: slower than 57% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Oise town +2%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +3%.
Only 19% of residents are 65 or over in Berneuil-en-Bray
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Berneuil-en-Bray 46. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Berneuil-en-Bray’s residents are over 46, older than in 64% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 34%, a higher share than 91% 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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households is 9%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for couples with children is 25% in the typical compared French town. A household here holds 2.5 people on average.
96% of homes are houses
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. Turnover: 8.1% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 26% have lived in their home 30 years or more. Berneuil-en-Bray sits close to the norm on second homes: 3%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
The median resident lives on €29,520 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.
At €29,520 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 82% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 83% of compared French towns, at 8.9%
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%). Still, households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 63% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
Berneuil-en-Bray ranks below 80% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.2%
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.
In Berneuil-en-Bray, 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Berneuil-en-Bray ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single residents: 15%
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
52% of residents 15 and over are married (typical compared French town: 43%). For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
A larger share of graduates of higher education than 62% of compared French towns: 34%
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 17% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
19th highest median age among 41 French towns of 813 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
No nearby town is as old as Berneuil-en-Bray
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 Berneuil-en-Bray
What is the population of Berneuil-en-Bray?
813 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (789).
How old are Berneuil-en-Bray’s residents?
The median age is 46, older than 64% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berneuil-en-Bray?
11, with occasional dwellings: 3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berneuil-en-Bray?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berneuil-en-Bray?
€29,520 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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