A median age of 60.5: Brossac is older than 98% of compared French towns
Couples with children make up 12%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. For Brossac, the census puts households in social housing at 0.7%. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 54%, more than in 99% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 482, in 260 households.
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 Brossac
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 120 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brossac, 28% of its 450 homes: higher than in 95% 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 Brossac’s residents are under 60.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 41% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 10% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brossac had 520 residents at the 2012 census and 482 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Immigrants
INSEE counts 100 immigrants in Brossac (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 4.8% for the median compared commune in Charente. 14% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brossac sits above 95% of compared French towns for second homes (28%)
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
Long tenure is the mark of 22% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.5% (under two years). Lower than in 93% of compared French towns: 4.2% of households have no car. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Empty homes make up 15%, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Slower growth than 94% of compared French towns: Brossac changed by −7% 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +1% for the median Charente town, the change came in two steps: −7% from 2012 to 2017, then −1% to 2023.
41% of residents are 65 or over, a share 98% of compared French towns don’t reach
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brossac 60.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 7.1%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Charente 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households: 5.2%, a lower share than 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 Charente median and the France median
Living alone · share
The share of one-person households is 39%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Households here average 1.9 people each.
A median standard of living of €21,140 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 Brossac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,140 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 93% of compared French towns.
Fewer households headed by a manager or professional than 94% of compared French towns: 3.9%
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
The figure for households headed by a manual worker is 17% in Brossac and 14% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 9.4% of 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).
Brossac ranks above 85% of compared French towns on immigrants: 15%
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (14%), Brossac is above 91% of compared French towns. The median compared commune in Charente has 4.8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 85% of compared French towns. 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.
A lower share of single residents than 99% of compared French towns, at 16%
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 Brossac comes in at 49%. Elsewhere, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education: 26%, a lower share than 66% 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
Set against 19% in the typical compared French town, 22% of adults out of school have no qualification in Brossac. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 482 to 2,582 people: this is 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.
No nearby town is as old as Brossac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brossac | 60.5 | 41% | 28% | 15% |
| Barbezieux-Saint-Hilaire 4,726 · 11.3 mi | 52.1 | 32% | 2.4% | 4.3% |
| La Roche-Chalais 3,060 · 13 mi | 51.6 | 32% | 7.2% | 6.4% |
| Montendre 3,222 · 17.5 mi | 56.2 | 37% | 6.9% | 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 Brossac
What is the population of Brossac?
482 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (520).
How old are Brossac’s residents?
The median age is 60.5, older than 98% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 41% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brossac?
120, with occasional dwellings: 28% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brossac?
INSEE counts 72 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 67 foreign nationals (14%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brossac?
€21,140 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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