0.9% of homes are flats, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
Where 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, Brugheas has 10%. By contrast, 1.6% of households rent social housing (HLM), a lower share than in 97% of compared French towns. Its 670 households held 1,564 residents at the 2023 Census. The census found that 8.2% of residents are 15 to 24 here.
Throughout this page, the Allier 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.
A +12% change since 2012: faster than 74% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −1% for the median Allier town, the change came in two steps: +6% from 2012 to 2017, then +5% to 2023.
A median age of 46.1: Brugheas is older than 64% 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
■ Brugheas 46.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 24% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Allier 52.6%, France 51.8%.
27% of households are one person living alone, below 88% 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 Allier median and the France median
Living alone · share
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Brugheas, 7.5%. Few places have as many couples with children: 30% here, more than in 76% of compared French towns. The usual figure: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Households average 2.3 people.
A smaller share of households without a car than 97% 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
Some 5.5% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 28% who have been there 30 years or more. The comparison figure for households without a car is 11% in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in 40: 2.5% of homes are second homes.
€26,980 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.
At €26,980 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is higher than in 61% of compared French towns.
39% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 81% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 6.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Brugheas. Census figures put households headed by a manual worker at 14% here. By way of comparison, 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).
A smaller share of immigrants than 81% of compared French towns: 3.1%
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.
Here 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. Elsewhere, 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.
Below 98% of compared French towns: 18% 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
Married residents: 52% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. On average, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 92% of compared French towns: 11%
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
For Brugheas, the census puts graduates of higher education at 29%. As a yardstick, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (1,564 to 2,582 people), the 19th 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).
No nearby town is as young as Brugheas
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brugheas | 46.1 | 24% | 2.5% | 3.1% |
| Bellerive-sur-Allier 8,943 · 2.7 mi | 53 | 34% | 4.9% | 7.7% |
| Abrest 2,915 · 3.5 mi | 46.6 | 24% | 1.7% | 4.5% |
| Vichy 25,115 · 4 mi | 53.1 | 37% | 8.5% | 11% |
| Saint-Yorre 2,641 · 4.3 mi | 49 | 27% | 1.2% | 3.4% |
| Cusset 13,316 · 5.2 mi | 48.2 | 27% | 1.9% | 10% |
| Creuzier-le-Vieux 3,205 · 5.9 mi | 53.3 | 30% | 2.6% | 4.1% |
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 Brugheas
What is the population of Brugheas?
1,564 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% more than in 2012 (1,402).
How old are Brugheas’ residents?
The median age is 46.1, older than 64% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 24% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brugheas?
19, with occasional dwellings: 2.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brugheas?
INSEE counts 49 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.1% of residents, and 36 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brugheas?
€26,980 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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