Brécy sits below 97% of compared French towns for flats (4.2%)
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Brécy had 317 residents in 130 households at the 2023 census. For Brécy, the census puts one-person households at 23%. In the typical compared French town, 11% of households have no car; in the town, 6.3%.
Throughout this page, the Aisne 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 Brécy
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brécy had 354 residents at the 2012 census and 317 in 2023, down 10%: slower growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 23 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−10% since 2012: slower than 97% 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 −4%, then −7% to 2023.
Only 18% of residents are 65 or over in Brécy
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brécy 47. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Brécy is 47, higher than in 69% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 come to 10% locally, about one in ten.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aisne 52.5%, France 51.8%.
In Brécy, 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 Aisne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Couples with children: 21% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Households here average 2.4 people each. The usual figure: 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Brécy sits above 93% of compared French towns for empty homes (14%)
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 16, where the median compared French town has 11%. Set beside that, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 6% of homes are second homes.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €24,510 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 residents live in households above €24,510 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 66% of compared French towns.
A smaller share of households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 3.8%
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
The share of households headed by a retired person tops 61% of compared French towns: 34%. On average, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Here, 29% of households are headed by a manual worker.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 98% of compared French towns: 1.3% of residents are immigrants
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Brécy has 0.6%. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 16% of residents 15 and over are single in Brécy
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
The share of married residents tops 95% of compared French towns: 51%. To put it in context, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
18% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 90% 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
By its share of adults with no qualification (21%), Brécy is above 61% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 317 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Brécy sits below 3 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brécy | 47 | 18% | 6% | 1.3% |
| Fère-en-Tardenois 2,836 · 5.2 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 1.9% | 3.3% |
| Château-Thierry 15,097 · 6.9 mi | 41.3 | 22% | 2.4% | 16% |
| Essômes-sur-Marne 2,691 · 8.7 mi | 44.5 | 21% | 2.3% | 9.6% |
| Dormans 2,890 · 11 mi | 48.9 | 28% | 3.7% | 4.9% |
| Charly-sur-Marne 2,594 · 13.5 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 3.3% | 10% |
| Belleu 3,659 · 15.5 mi | 51.5 | 31% | 1.4% | 11% |
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 Brécy
What is the population of Brécy?
317 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% fewer than in 2012 (354).
How old are Brécy’s residents?
The median age is 47, older than 69% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brécy?
10, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brécy?
INSEE counts 4 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.3% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brécy?
€24,510 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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