A smaller share of flats than 99% of compared French towns: 0.6%
Half of Berrie’s residents are over 49, older than in nearly four fifths of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 251 residents in 130 households. Locally, 3.1% of households have no car. Against a figure of 32% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person in Berrie comes in at 43%.
Throughout this page, the Vienne 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 Berrie
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 31 second homes and occasional dwellings in Berrie, 17% of its 180 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Berrie had 263 residents at the 2012 census and 251 in 2023, down 5%: slower growth than in 87% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Berrie sits above 92% of compared French towns for second homes (17%)
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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 9.9% of homes stand empty in Berrie. About one in 13: that is how common households in social housing are in Berrie (7.8%). For comparison, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
Slower than most: −5% since 2012, behind 87% 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 ±0%, and from 2017 to 2023 −5%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Vienne town +4%.
Fewer residents aged 15 to 24 than 99% of compared French towns: 5.9%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Berrie 49. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Vienne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Couples with children: 15%, a lower share than 91% 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 Vienne median and the France median
Living alone · share
7.6% of households are single parents (typical compared French town: 10%). To put it in context, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. One-person households account for 39%.
A median of €22,900 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 €22,900 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 82% of compared French towns.
Berrie sits below 93% of compared French towns for households headed by a manager or professional (3.9%)
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 Berrie, nearly a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up 9.4% in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Berrie, 3.2% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 80% 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.
4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, against 3.2% in Berrie. The median compared commune in Vienne has 3.9%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 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.
Married residents make up 40% in Berrie, less than in 70% 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Berrie has 24%. In the typical compared French town, the share of married residents is 43%.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 64% 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
Lower than in 51% of compared French towns: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 251 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Around Berrie, 2 of 6 towns have a higher 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Berrie | 49 | 25% | 17% | 3.2% |
| Montreuil-Bellay 3,746 · 5.7 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 5% | 3.2% |
| Loudun 6,839 · 8.4 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 4.9% |
| Loretz-d'Argenton 2,575 · 8.9 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.8% | 2.9% |
| Bellevigne-les-Châteaux 3,435 · 9 mi | 48.9 | 27% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Thouars 13,891 · 9.2 mi | 50.6 | 30% | 2.5% | 6.5% |
| Saumur 26,241 · 13.2 mi | 47.7 | 28% | 7% | 6.3% |
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 Berrie
What is the population of Berrie?
251 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% fewer than in 2012 (263).
How old are Berrie’s residents?
The median age is 49, older than 79% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Berrie?
31, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Berrie?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (3.2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Berrie?
€22,900 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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