Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2% in Brigueuil, less than in 99% of compared French towns
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 5.1% of households have no car here. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in 97% of compared French towns. There were 490 households in Brigueuil at the 2023 Census, home to 1,095 residents. About one in 25: that is how common single-parent households are in Brigueuil (4%).
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 Brigueuil
Empty homes
The census found 110 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.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 55% 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
The median Charente town changed +1% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six ±0%.
Brigueuil is older than 73% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brigueuil 47.6. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 65 and over is 22%; Brigueuil has 27%.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
34% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 58% 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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. For comparison, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The share of couples with children stands at 25%.
Brigueuil sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.3%)
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 that moved in under two years ago: 11%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 23%. Lower than in 80% of compared French towns: 6.3% of households rent social housing (HLM). Empty homes: 16% here and 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
At the median, €23,660 a year to live on
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 €23,660 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 75% of compared French towns.
Brigueuil sits above 99% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (27%)
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
36% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). For comparison, 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).
Brigueuil sits above 66% of compared French towns for foreign nationals (6.3%)
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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 51% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Locally, 6.4% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 17%, a lower share than 99% 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
42% of residents 15 and over are married, fewer than in 54% of compared French towns. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Below 86% of compared French towns: 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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
Compared with 19% in the typical compared French town, 23% of adults out of school have no qualification here. 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 1,095 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 Prayssac (62.3).
4 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Brigueuil
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brigueuil | 47.6 | 27% | 8% | 6.4% |
| Saint-Junien 11,415 · 4.4 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 3.5% | 4.5% |
| Oradour-sur-Glane 2,550 · 7.9 mi | 44.8 | 25% | 3.4% | 2.6% |
| Rochechouart 3,603 · 8.5 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 11% | 6.4% |
| Confolens 2,730 · 10.4 mi | 58.2 | 39% | 8.8% | 11% |
| Terres-de-Haute-Charente 3,777 · 14.4 mi | 53.6 | 31% | 5.1% | 7.6% |
| Verneuil-sur-Vienne 4,903 · 14.7 mi | 45.5 | 23% | 3.3% | 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 Brigueuil
What is the population of Brigueuil?
1,095 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (1,056).
How old are Brigueuil’s residents?
The median age is 47.6, older than 73% of compared French towns. 19% are under 18 and 27% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brigueuil?
52, with occasional dwellings: 8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brigueuil?
INSEE counts 70 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.4% of residents, and 69 foreign nationals (6.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brigueuil?
€23,660 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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