12% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 98% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Bernac was home to 186 people in 89 households. Here, 0.9% of homes are flats. In the typical compared French town, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker; locally, 5.9%.
Throughout this page, the Tarn 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.
+1% since 2012: slower than 65% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Tarn town +7%.
A median age of 50.1: Bernac is older than 83% 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
■ Bernac 50.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Nothing unusual on residents aged 15 to 24: 11%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town. Roughly two in ten: 21% of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Tarn 52.2%, France 51.8%.
18% of households are single parents, more 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 Tarn median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Bernac comes in at 29%. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people.
A smaller share of households without a car than 98% of compared French towns: 3.4%
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
7.8% of homes are second homes, against 2.1% in the typical compared French town. The wider picture: just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. Locally, 8.9% of homes stand empty.
A median of €27,190 a year per consumption unit
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.
At €27,190 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a retired person: 35%, a higher share than 65% 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
Against a figure of 9.4% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manager or professional in Bernac comes in at 12%. As a reference point, nearly a third 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).
Only 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Bernac
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: 3.7% here and 6.5% in the typical compared French town. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 19% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Here, 42% of residents 15 and over are married. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Bernac sits below 85% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (13%)
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
37% of Bernac’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 13% have no diploma (19%).
Of 41 French towns its size (186 to 2,582 people), the 14th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Nearby, 1 of 6 towns have older populations than Bernac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bernac | 50.1 | 21% | 7.8% | 3.7% |
| Marssac-sur-Tarn 3,518 · 2.6 mi | 46.9 | 26% | 3.5% | 4.7% |
| Cagnac-les-Mines 2,621 · 5.5 mi | 46.5 | 24% | 2.8% | 3.3% |
| Albi 51,290 · 6.1 mi | 46 | 28% | 4.3% | 11% |
| Lescure-d'Albigeois 4,590 · 7.2 mi | 49.1 | 27% | 1.7% | 4.3% |
| Gaillac 16,162 · 7.3 mi | 45.7 | 27% | 2.9% | 11% |
| Puygouzon 3,548 · 8 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1.2% | 2.6% |
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 Bernac
What is the population of Bernac?
186 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% more than in 2012 (184).
How old are Bernac’s residents?
The median age is 50.1, older than 83% of compared French towns. 15% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bernac?
8, with occasional dwellings: 7.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bernac?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bernac?
€27,190 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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