0.8% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Set against 35% in the typical compared French town, just over a quarter of households are one person living alone in Berneuil. This Somme town had 279 residents in 110 households at the 2023 census. Locally, 4.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional. With a median age of 40.8, Berneuil is younger than 74% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Somme 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 Berneuil
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +6% change since 2012: faster than 57% 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, −3% in Somme. Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then +9% to 2023.
19% of residents are 65 or over, fewer than in 73% 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
■ Berneuil 40.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, near enough the figure in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Somme 52.5%, France 51.8%.
A larger share of couples with children than 92% of compared French towns: 35%
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 Somme median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households make up 17%, against 10% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.5 people.
Berneuil ranks above 71% of compared French towns on second homes: 3.9%
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
Car-free households: one in 11, where the median compared French town has 11%. Households without a car: nearly a tenth of the total. Few places have as many empty homes: 7.9% here, more than in 62% of compared French towns. Typically, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
€25,250 a year: the median standard of living
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €25,250 a year: lower than in 57% of compared French towns.
22% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 89% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person; in Berneuil, 26%. To put it in context, 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).
Immigrants make up 0% of Berneuil’s residents
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
More married residents than 54% of compared French towns: 44%
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
At 25%, the share of single residents is lower than in 53% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 82% of compared French towns, at 21%
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 are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The 4th youngest of 41 French towns of 279 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).
Every neighbor is older than Berneuil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berneuil | 40.8 | 19% | 3.9% | 0% |
| Flixecourt 3,221 · 6.8 mi | 43.5 | 22% | 1.7% | 1.7% |
| Doullens 5,751 · 8.8 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.9% | 4.1% |
| Auxi-le-Château 2,547 · 9.8 mi | 50.3 | 31% | 3.5% | 1.4% |
| Ailly-sur-Somme 3,003 · 11.7 mi | 47.3 | 25% | 0.6% | 2.3% |
| Frévent 3,259 · 13.6 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.7% | 1% |
| Abbeville 22,395 · 14.8 mi | 47.1 | 25% | 1.5% | 2.7% |
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 Berneuil
What is the population of Berneuil?
279 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (262).
How old are Berneuil’s residents?
The median age is 40.8, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berneuil?
5, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berneuil?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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 Berneuil?
€25,250 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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