A median age of 62.3: Brousse-le-Château is older than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for couples with children is 10% in Brousse-le-Château and 25% in the typical compared French town. Census figures put flats at 2.7% here. On households headed by a retired person, Brousse-le-Château sits higher than 93% of compared French towns: 45%. This Aveyron town is home to 164 residents in 100 households, by the 2023 Census.
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 Brousse-le-Château
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 93 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brousse-le-Château, 42% of its 220 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 99% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Brousse-le-Château’s residents are under 62.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 43% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Many people living alone
55% of Brousse-le-Château’s households are one person: higher than in 98% of compared French towns; 41% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Empty homes
The census found 29 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 96% of compared French towns, at 42%
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
6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Brousse-le-Château. For second homes, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. Households without a car make up about one in 14 here (7.1%).
Brousse-le-Château grew +9% from 2012 to 2023, ahead of 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +5%, and from 2017 to 2023 +4%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aveyron town +1%.
Brousse-le-Château: 43% of residents are 65 or over, above 98% 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
■ Brousse-le-Château 62.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Brousse-le-Château comes in at 4.9%. Typically, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 116 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Brousse-le-Château: 55% of households are one person living alone, above 98% 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 Aveyron median and the France median
Living alone · share
Here 5% of households are single parents, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 10%. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Each household has 1.6 people on average.
€21,630 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.
The midpoint of living standards here is €21,630 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 91% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 5% in Brousse-le-Château, less than in 96% 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 Brousse-le-Château comes in at 5%. The benchmark for households headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town: 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Brousse-le-Château ranks above 79% of compared French towns on immigrants: 12%
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 10% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The wider picture: 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.
Brousse-le-Château ranks above 75% of compared French towns on married residents: 46%
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
Single residents: 25% of the total. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Adults with no qualification: 14%, a lower share than 81% 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
Here just over a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 164 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Brousse-le-Château (62.3), the oldest.
Brousse-le-Château and the towns around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brousse-le-Château | 62.3 | 43% | 42% | 12% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 12.6 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
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 Brousse-le-Château
What is the population of Brousse-le-Château?
164 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% more than in 2012 (151).
How old are Brousse-le-Château’s residents?
The median age is 62.3, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.3% are under 18 and 43% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brousse-le-Château?
93, with occasional dwellings: 42% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brousse-le-Château?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 12% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (10%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brousse-le-Château?
€21,630 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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