Older than 92% of compared French towns: half of Brandonnet is over 53.9
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 2.5% of homes are flats here. At the 2023 Census, 287 people lived in Brandonnet, in 140 households. About one in 31: that is how common households without a car are in Brandonnet (3.2%). Households headed by a retired person are more common here than in 95% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Aveyron 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 Brandonnet
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 34 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brandonnet, 17% of its 200 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 85% 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
Brandonnet had 314 residents at the 2012 census and 287 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Brandonnet’s residents are under 53.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 32% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 31 homes empty (16%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
17% of homes are second homes, more than in 92% of compared French towns
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
37% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 4.3% moved in within the last two years. More empty homes than in 96% of compared French towns: 16%. On average, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town.
A −9% change since 2012: slower than 96% 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 +2%, and from 2017 to 2023 −10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aveyron town +1%.
A lower share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 96% of compared French towns, at 7.4%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brandonnet 53.9. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 65 and over is 32% in Brandonnet and 22% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 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: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Brandonnet ranks below 69% of compared French towns on couples with children: 21%
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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Where 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town, Brandonnet has 11%. Compared with other places, one-person households are scarce here: 33%, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. On average, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. The average household has 2.1 people.
€24,050 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 €24,050 a year: lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 16% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town, against 11% in Brandonnet. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 75% of compared French towns: 3.9% 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.
In Brandonnet, 2.4% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The comparison figure for immigrants is 6.5% 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.
Brandonnet sits above 95% of compared French towns for married residents (51%)
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 19% of residents 15 and over are single, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 25%. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education make up 23% in Brandonnet, less than in 75% 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
19% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 52% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
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).
1 of 6 neighbors are older than Brandonnet
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandonnet | 53.9 | 32% | 17% | 3.9% |
| Villefranche-de-Rouergue 11,271 · 5.6 mi | 52.7 | 33% | 5.4% | 11% |
| Aubin 3,444 · 12 mi | 56.5 | 35% | 5.7% | 5% |
| Capdenac-Gare 4,440 · 13 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5.9% | 7.9% |
| Decazeville 5,020 · 13.6 mi | 53.8 | 35% | 3.1% | 9.4% |
| Figeac 9,793 · 16.3 mi | 48.2 | 29% | 4.3% | 8.7% |
| Baraqueville 3,173 · 16.8 mi | 45.3 | 22% | 4.3% | 3.4% |
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 Brandonnet
What is the population of Brandonnet?
287 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (314).
How old are Brandonnet’s residents?
The median age is 53.9, older than 92% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 32% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brandonnet?
34, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brandonnet?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.9% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brandonnet?
€24,050 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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