A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1%
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Bernieulles has 27%. The town had 162 residents in 73 households at the 2023 census. The share of residents aged 15 to 24 stands at 6.1%. At 6.8%, the share of households without a car is lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
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.
What stands out about the people of Bernieulles
One home in five is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Bernieulles, 20% of its 100 homes: higher than in 93% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Bernieulles had 194 residents at the 2012 census and 162 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
More second homes than 93% of compared French towns: 20%
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
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Bernieulles has 8.9%. Meanwhile, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A change of −16% since 2012 leaves Bernieulles behind 99% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Pas-de-Calais.
Half of Bernieulles is under 42.5, younger than 62% 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
■ Bernieulles 42.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over stands at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Pas-de-Calais 52.0%, France 51.8%.
In Bernieulles, 13% of households are single parents, more than in 89% 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
20% of households are couples with children, against 25% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town. There are 2.2 people in the average household.
Median standard of living: €27,730 a year
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.
The median standard of living in Bernieulles is €27,730 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 68% of compared French towns.
20% of households are headed by a retired person, below 95% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker in Bernieulles. Measured more widely, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 1.8% in Bernieulles, less than in 94% 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.
The share of foreign nationals is 1.2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 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.
15% of residents 15 and over are single, below 99% of compared French towns
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
By its share of married residents (54%), Bernieulles is above 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
34% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, more than in 63% 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
About one in five: that is how common adults with no qualification are in Bernieulles (20%). The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 10th youngest of 41 French towns of 162 to 2,582 people
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).
Bernieulles and its 6 nearest towns: 4 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernieulles | 42.5 | 22% | 20% | 1.8% |
| Samer 4,704 · 5.9 mi | 37.7 | 16% | 1% | 0.6% |
| Étaples 10,710 · 6.3 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 7% | 1.3% |
| Camiers 2,582 · 7.4 mi | 50.6 | 29% | 71% | 1.5% |
| Desvres 4,829 · 8.3 mi | 41.9 | 23% | 1.5% | 0.9% |
| Le Touquet-Paris-Plage 4,224 · 8.3 mi | 65.8 | 52% | 80% | 2.4% |
| Neufchâtel-Hardelot 4,115 · 8.4 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 65% | 2.1% |
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 Bernieulles
What is the population of Bernieulles?
162 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (194).
How old are Bernieulles’ residents?
The median age is 42.5, younger than 62% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bernieulles?
20, with occasional dwellings: 20% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bernieulles?
INSEE counts 3 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (1.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bernieulles?
€27,730 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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