A smaller share of couples with children than 91% of compared French towns: 15%
In Brive-la-Gaillarde, 28% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Few places have as many households without a car: 19% here, more than in 81% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census counted 47,095 residents in 25,090 households. About one in nine: that is how common empty homes are in Brive-la-Gaillarde (11%).
Throughout this page, the Corrèze 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 Brive-la-Gaillarde
Many people living alone
51% of Brive-la-Gaillarde’s households are one person: higher than in 95% of compared French towns; 41% of residents 65 and over live alone. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brive-la-Gaillarde’s population moved −1% on 2012, less than in 72% 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
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 13% in Brive-la-Gaillarde, more than in 84% 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
■ Brive-la-Gaillarde 46.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Brive-la-Gaillarde’s residents are over 46.7, older than in 68% of compared French towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 88 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Corrèze 51.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
One-person households: 51%, a higher share than 95% 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 Corrèze median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 1.8 people. Across Brive-la-Gaillarde, 9.3% of households are single parents. As a reference point, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Flats make up 53% in Brive-la-Gaillarde, more than in 78% of compared French towns
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
4.5% of homes are second homes; in the typical compared French town the figure is 2.1%. The share of flats in the typical compared French town is 30%. On the census count, 13% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Median living standard: €24,090 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.
The median standard of living in Brive-la-Gaillarde is €24,090 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 70% of compared French towns. Residents below the poverty line make up 18.1%.
37% of households are headed by a retired person, a share 73% of compared French towns don’t reach
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: nearly a tenth of the total. Nothing unusual on households headed by a manual worker: 14%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A higher share of immigrants than 75% of compared French towns, at 11%
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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Brive-la-Gaillarde has 7.9%. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
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 87% of compared French towns, at 36%
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
30% of residents 15 and over are single; in the typical compared French town the figure is 25%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
In Brive-la-Gaillarde, 20% of adults out of school have no qualification, more than in 55% 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
The census found that 29% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Brive-la-Gaillarde. Against that, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 44,002 to 50,595 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 30.5 in Talence to 59.6 in Les Sables-d'Olonne.
Nearby, 3 of 6 towns have older populations than Brive-la-Gaillarde
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Brive-la-Gaillarde
What is the population of Brive-la-Gaillarde?
47,095 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (47,411).
How old are Brive-la-Gaillarde’s residents?
The median age is 46.7, older than 68% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 28% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brive-la-Gaillarde?
1,320, with occasional dwellings: 4.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brive-la-Gaillarde?
INSEE counts 5,190 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 11% of residents, and 3,700 foreign nationals (7.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brive-la-Gaillarde?
€24,090 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 18.1% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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