In Bérus, 1.6% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
The figure for single-parent households is 5.4% in Bérus and 10% in the typical compared French town. Its 180 households held 435 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 38% here. Higher than in 78% of compared French towns: 12% of residents are 15 to 24.
Throughout this page, the Sarthe 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 Bérus
An older town
Half of Bérus’ residents are under 51.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 28% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 6.8% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Bérus’s population moved −2% on 2012, less than in 78% 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 +1%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Sarthe town ±0%.
A median age of 51.2: Bérus is older than 87% 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
■ Bérus 51.2. The median compared French town: 44.
28% of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Sarthe 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 96% of compared French towns: 24%
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 Sarthe median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.4 people. In the typical compared French town, just over a third of households are one person living alone. Few places have as many couples with children: 27% here, more than in 61% of compared French towns.
5.4% of homes stand empty, below 68% 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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 3.8% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 34%. Nothing unusual on second homes: 2%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €28,460 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 midpoint of living standards here is €28,460 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 74% of compared French towns.
Bérus ranks below 82% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 5.4%
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
In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; in Bérus, 16%. The wider picture: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Bérus sits below 94% of compared French towns for immigrants (1.8%)
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 median compared commune in Sarthe has 2.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 94% of compared French towns. The benchmark for immigrants in the typical compared French town: 6.5%. The share of foreign nationals stands at 1.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A larger share of married residents than 99% of compared French towns: 55%
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
Single residents: 20%, below 91% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
Roughly two in ten: 20% of adults out of school have no qualification. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 435 to 2,582 people: this is the 11th oldest
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).
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Bérus
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bérus | 51.2 | 28% | 2% | 1.8% |
| Saint-Germain-du-Corbéis 3,636 · 3.1 mi | 54 | 35% | 1.4% | 5% |
| Alençon 25,490 · 4.1 mi | 42.7 | 24% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Fresnay-sur-Sarthe 2,928 · 6.2 mi | 51 | 33% | 7% | 2.2% |
| Mamers 4,996 · 14.3 mi | 50.9 | 32% | 1.4% | 4.2% |
| Villaines-la-Juhel 2,671 · 15.9 mi | 57.5 | 38% | 3.9% | 3.3% |
| Sées 4,168 · 16.8 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
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 Bérus
What is the population of Bérus?
435 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% fewer than in 2012 (444).
How old are Bérus’ residents?
The median age is 51.2, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bérus?
4, with occasional dwellings: 2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bérus?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.8% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bérus?
€28,460 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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