Older than 97% of compared French towns: half of Brie-sous-Chalais is over 58.6
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 157 people lived in Brie-sous-Chalais, in 80 households. For Brie-sous-Chalais, the census puts couples with children at 12%. 56% of households are headed by a retired person, against 32% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Charente 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 Brie-sous-Chalais
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 43 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brie-sous-Chalais, 33% of its 130 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Brie-sous-Chalais’ residents are under 58.6 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 33% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brie-sous-Chalais had 169 residents at the 2012 census and 157 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 93% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A town of second homes: 33% of its homes
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
The figure for households without a car is 6.1% in Brie-sous-Chalais and 11% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for second homes in the typical compared French town: 2.1%. 5.4% of homes stand empty. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Slower than most: −7% since 2012, behind 93% 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
In two steps, −9% to 2017 and +2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and +1% in Charente.
Only 6.8% of residents are 15 to 24 in Brie-sous-Chalais
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brie-sous-Chalais 58.6. The median compared French town: 44.
A third of residents are 65 or over; in the typical compared French town the figure is 22%. Against that, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
A lower share of one-person households than 70% of compared French towns, at 31%
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. A household here holds 2 people on average.
Half of residents have a standard of living above €23,030 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,030 a year: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 60% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. As a yardstick, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Foreign nationals: 8.7%, a higher share than 77% 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.
In the typical compared French town, 6.5% of residents are immigrants; in Brie-sous-Chalais, 11%. As a reference point, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. That is higher than in 73% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Fewer single residents than 99% of compared French towns: 15%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Brie-sous-Chalais comes in at 46%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Brie-sous-Chalais ranks below 74% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 15%
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
By its share of graduates of higher education (25%), Brie-sous-Chalais is below 69% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 157 to 2,582 people, the 4th 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.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Every neighbor is younger than Brie-sous-Chalais
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brie-sous-Chalais | 58.6 | 33% | 33% | 11% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 12.1 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 13.2 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| Ribérac 3,734 · 16.8 mi | 56.6 | 37% | 6.2% | 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 Brie-sous-Chalais
What is the population of Brie-sous-Chalais?
157 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (169).
How old are Brie-sous-Chalais’ residents?
The median age is 58.6, older than 97% of compared French towns. 12% are under 18 and 33% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brie-sous-Chalais?
43, with occasional dwellings: 33% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brie-sous-Chalais?
INSEE counts 17 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (8.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brie-sous-Chalais?
€23,030 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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