Households without a car: 1.1%, a lower share than 99% of compared French towns
Here 16% of households are headed by a retired person, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 32%. 9.1% of homes are second homes. Single-parent households are more common here than in 97% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put Brives-sur-Charente’s population at 213, in 95 households.
Throughout this page, the Charente-Maritime 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 Brives-sur-Charente
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brives-sur-Charente had 244 residents at the 2012 census and 213 in 2023, down 13%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 15 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 99% of compared French towns: Brives-sur-Charente changed by −13% since 2012
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
The median Charente-Maritime town changed +8% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought −5% and the next six −9%.
A median age of 47.1: Brives-sur-Charente is older than 70% 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
■ Brives-sur-Charente 47.1. The median compared French town: 44.
11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, against 13% in Brives-sur-Charente. The census found that 20% of residents are 65 or over here.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 109 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente-Maritime 53.1%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 26%, a lower share than 91% 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 Charente-Maritime median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.2 people each. Couples with children are more common here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
More empty homes than 90% of compared French towns: 12%
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
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The comparison figure for empty homes is 6.7% in the typical compared French town. Some 5.3% of households are newcomers of under two years, against 15% who have been there 30 years or more.
Median living standard: €24,760 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 Brives-sur-Charente’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,760 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
26% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 98% 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
Just over one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
3.3% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns
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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals here. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 47%, a higher share than 78% of compared French towns
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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents 15 and over are single here. Married residents: 43% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Graduates of higher education: 28%, a lower share than 57% 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
Locally, 18% of adults out of school have no qualification. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 213 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Median age: 5 of the 6 towns around Brives-sur-Charente are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brives-sur-Charente | 47.1 | 20% | 9.1% | 3.3% |
| Chaniers 3,651 · 6.4 mi | 50.9 | 29% | 4% | 2% |
| Cognac 18,532 · 6.5 mi | 44.7 | 24% | 2.8% | 6.3% |
| Val-de-Cognac 3,471 · 6.9 mi | 50.5 | 28% | 3.9% | 3.1% |
| Châteaubernard 3,878 · 7.1 mi | 49.5 | 29% | 1.9% | 4.8% |
| Pons 4,343 · 7.8 mi | 50.3 | 30% | 3.1% | 7.1% |
| Saintes 25,363 · 9.8 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.7% | 5.5% |
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 Brives-sur-Charente
What is the population of Brives-sur-Charente?
213 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 13% fewer than in 2012 (244).
How old are Brives-sur-Charente’s residents?
The median age is 47.1, older than 70% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brives-sur-Charente?
11, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brives-sur-Charente?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brives-sur-Charente?
€24,760 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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