Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.9% of homes are flats
In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM); in Bergueneuse, 1%. Census day 2023: 213 residents and 96 households locally. Single-parent households: 16% of the total. Lower than in 98% of compared French towns: 6.5% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Pas-de-Calais 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.
From 2012 to 2023, 68% of compared French towns grew faster than Bergueneuse: ±0%
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
Here the change came as +3% to 2017, then −2% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
More residents aged 65 and over than 65% of compared French towns: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bergueneuse 44.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Bergueneuse is 44.8, higher than in 55% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Bergueneuse, 21% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 70% 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 Pas-de-Calais median and the France median
Living alone · share
35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town, against 37% in Bergueneuse. On average, 2.2 people share a household. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Bergueneuse, 3.7% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 90% 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
Of all households, 5.2% moved in during the last two years and 30% have stayed three decades or more. Higher than in 84% of compared French towns: 7.4% of homes are second homes. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households have no car; in Bergueneuse, 10%.
At the median, €22,140 a year to live on
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 Bergueneuse’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €22,140 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 88% of compared French towns.
Bergueneuse sits above 98% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (26%)
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 make up 42%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. As a yardstick, 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).
Below 97% of compared French towns: 1.4% of residents are immigrants
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.
Foreign nationals are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 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 79% of compared French towns: 22% 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
Here, 44% of residents 15 and over are married. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Graduates of higher education make up 14% in Bergueneuse, less than in 98% 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
Adults with no qualification: 27% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
Of 41 French towns its size (213 to 2,582 people), the 18th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Among its 6 nearest neighbors, 1 are older than Bergueneuse
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bergueneuse | 44.8 | 25% | 7.4% | 1.4% |
| Saint-Pol-sur-Ternoise 4,677 · 6.9 mi | 47.7 | 25% | 1.5% | 1.8% |
| Cauchy-à-la-Tour 2,593 · 9 mi | 44.7 | 23% | 1.2% | 0.8% |
| Auchel 10,051 · 9.9 mi | 40 | 20% | 0.5% | 1% |
| Calonne-Ricouart 5,369 · 10.3 mi | 41 | 20% | 0.4% | 1.1% |
| Burbure 2,834 · 10.4 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.2% | 0.7% |
| Divion 6,766 · 10.9 mi | 38.9 | 19% | 0.7% | 1% |
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 Bergueneuse
What is the population of Bergueneuse?
213 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (212).
How old are Bergueneuse’s residents?
The median age is 44.8, older than 55% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bergueneuse?
8, with occasional dwellings: 7.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bergueneuse?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bergueneuse?
€22,140 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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