Bernay-Vilbert: 38% of households are couples with children, above 97% of compared French towns
Set against 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 6.2% of homes are second homes in Bernay-Vilbert. At 4.3%, the share of households headed by a manager or professional is lower than in 91% of compared French towns. The town’s 370 households held 1,005 residents at the 2023 Census. Census figures put flats at 4.6% here.
Throughout this page, the Seine-et-Marne 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 Bernay-Vilbert
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 7.2% single parents with children; 21% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Bernay-Vilbert had 838 residents at the 2012 census and 1,005 in 2023, up 20%: faster growth than in 90% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Growth of +20% since 2012 puts Bernay-Vilbert ahead of 90% 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
Between 2012 and 2017 the population moved −1%, then +22% to 2023. Over those years, the median Seine-et-Marne town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%.
Bernay-Vilbert ranks below 87% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bernay-Vilbert 40. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 40, Bernay-Vilbert is younger than nearly four fifths of compared French towns. Here, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Seine-et-Marne 51.4%, France 51.8%.
21% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 99% 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 Seine-et-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of single-parent households trails 88% of compared French towns: 7.2%. The wider picture: 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. There are 2.7 people in the average household.
Bernay-Vilbert sits below 92% of compared French towns for households without a car (4.3%)
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, Bernay-Vilbert has 5.7%. Add to that, households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households without a car in the typical compared French town: 11%. Of all households, 9.4% moved in during the last two years and 21% have stayed three decades or more.
A typical living standard of €30,820 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.
Half of Bernay-Vilbert’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €30,820 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a retired person than 82% of compared French towns, at 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Bernay-Vilbert comes in at 17%. To put it in context, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 7.7%, a higher share than 73% 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Seine-et-Marne has 14%. As a yardstick, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. About one in 13: that is how common immigrants are in Bernay-Vilbert (7.6%).
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
50% of residents 15 and over are married, a share 93% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
In Bernay-Vilbert, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 77% 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
Locally, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The wider picture: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,005 to 2,582 people), the 3rd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Bernay-Vilbert sits below 1 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernay-Vilbert | 40 | 16% | 6.2% | 7.6% |
| Rozay-en-Brie 2,860 · 1.4 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1.2% | 7.7% |
| Fontenay-Trésigny 5,994 · 3.3 mi | 39.1 | 16% | 1.8% | 12% |
| Chaumes-en-Brie 3,503 · 4.2 mi | 38.5 | 14% | 2.8% | 9% |
| Verneuil-l'Étang 3,223 · 5.2 mi | 38.6 | 14% | 0.2% | 10% |
| Mormant 5,282 · 5.3 mi | 36.8 | 14% | 1.1% | 11% |
| Guignes 4,448 · 6.8 mi | 35.7 | 11% | 0.9% | 12% |
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 Bernay-Vilbert
What is the population of Bernay-Vilbert?
1,005 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 20% more than in 2012 (838).
How old are Bernay-Vilbert’s residents?
The median age is 40, younger than 79% of compared French towns. 26% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bernay-Vilbert?
26, with occasional dwellings: 6.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bernay-Vilbert?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 77 foreign nationals (7.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bernay-Vilbert?
€30,820 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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