A median age of 64.8: Brusque is older than 99% of compared French towns
The figure for couples with children is 3.6% in Brusque and 25% in the typical compared French town. The town is home to 258 residents in 140 households, by the 2023 Census. Across Brusque, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 92% 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 Brusque
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 230 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brusque, 58% of its 390 homes: higher than in 98% of compared French towns. 67% 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 Brusque’s residents are under 64.8 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 50% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 22% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brusque had 297 residents at the 2012 census and 258 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Many people living alone
50% of Brusque’s households are one person: higher than in 94% of compared French towns; 27% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 98% of compared French towns, at 58%
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
Nearly a quarter of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Empty homes account for 6%. Brusque has more households without a car than 51% of compared French towns, at 11%.
Brusque changed by −13% from 2012 to 2023, behind 99% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Aveyron town +1%. The first five years brought −7%; the six to 2023, −7%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 50%, a higher share than 99% 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
■ Brusque 64.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 4.7% of residents are 15 to 24, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
45% women, 55% men
About 81 women for every 100 men. Median share of women: Aveyron 52.1%, France 51.8%.
Brusque sits above 94% of compared French towns for one-person households (50%)
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
Each household has 1.7 people on average. Lower than in 88% of compared French towns: 7.1% of households are single parents. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
A median of €23,220 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 €23,220 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
Only 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Brusque
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 Brusque, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. On average, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Brusque ranks below 78% of compared French towns on immigrants: 3.5%
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.
Against a figure of 4.3% in the typical compared French town, the share of foreign nationals in Brusque comes in at 1.9%. The median compared commune in Aveyron has 6.5%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A lower share of married residents than 70% of compared French towns, at 40%
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
Across Brusque, 24% of residents 15 and over are single. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 93% of compared French towns, at 17%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 29% in Brusque and 19% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The oldest of 41 French towns of 258 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Brusque (64.8).
No nearby town is as old as Brusque
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brusque | 64.8 | 50% | 58% | 3.5% |
| Saint-Affrique 7,941 · 13.4 mi | 49.9 | 30% | 8.8% | 5.8% |
| Bédarieux 5,804 · 15 mi | 52.4 | 31% | 7.4% | 8.2% |
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 Brusque
What is the population of Brusque?
258 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (297).
How old are Brusque’s residents?
The median age is 64.8, older than 99% of compared French towns. 8.2% are under 18 and 50% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brusque?
230, with occasional dwellings: 58% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brusque?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.5% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brusque?
€23,220 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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