Households headed by a retired person: 17%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
The figure for flats is 5.2% in Berzé-le-Châtel and 30% in the typical compared French town. In Berzé-le-Châtel, 15% of residents are 65 or over. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 54 people lived locally, in 27 households.
Throughout this page, the Saône-et-Loire 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 Berzé-le-Châtel
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Berzé-le-Châtel, 17% of its 35 homes: higher than in 92% 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 ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Berzé-le-Châtel’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 44% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Many graduates
52% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 17% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes in Berzé-le-Châtel are second homes
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
Some one in ten households are newcomers of under two years, against 20% who have been there 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. For Berzé-le-Châtel, the census puts households without a car at 6.7%.
Slower than most: +2% since 2012, behind 62% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +11%, and from 2017 to 2023 −8%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Saône-et-Loire town −3%.
In Berzé-le-Châtel, 8.5% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 88% 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
■ Berzé-le-Châtel 43.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Berzé-le-Châtel is 43.5, lower than in 54% of compared French towns. For comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 90 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Saône-et-Loire 52.3%, France 51.8%.
A higher share of one-person households than 94% of compared French towns, at 50%
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 Saône-et-Loire median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2 people each. Few places have so few couples with children: 17% here, fewer than in 86% of compared French towns. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
50% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 99% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 79% of compared French towns, at 3.4%
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.
About one in 29: that is how common foreign nationals are in Berzé-le-Châtel (3.4%). 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.
In Berzé-le-Châtel, 45% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 66% 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
Across Berzé-le-Châtel, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Berzé-le-Châtel ranks above 94% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 52%
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 13% of adults out of school have no qualification here. In the typical compared French town, the share of graduates of higher education is 30%.
Ranked by age, 13th youngest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Berzé-le-Châtel sits below 4 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berzé-le-Châtel | 43.5 | 15% | 17% | 3.4% |
| Cluny 4,942 · 3.5 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 7.9% | 9.5% |
| Charnay-lès-Mâcon 8,227 · 7.7 mi | 48.3 | 27% | 2.9% | 6% |
| Mâcon 35,177 · 8.3 mi | 40.2 | 22% | 3.3% | 21% |
| Feillens 3,411 · 10.4 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 1.3% | 4.9% |
| Replonges 3,956 · 10.7 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 1.1% | 4.3% |
| Crêches-sur-Saône 3,198 · 11 mi | 46.8 | 24% | 0.5% | 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 Berzé-le-Châtel
What is the population of Berzé-le-Châtel?
54 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (53).
How old are Berzé-le-Châtel’s residents?
The median age is 43.5, younger than 54% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berzé-le-Châtel?
6, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berzé-le-Châtel?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (3.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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