Older than 82% of compared French towns: half of Brochon is over 49.8
By its share of households without a car (6.3%), Brochon is below 78% of compared French towns. This Côte-d'Or town had 664 residents in 300 households at the 2023 Census. The census found that 5.4% of homes are second homes here. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Côte-d'Or 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.
Since 2012, Brochon has changed by ±0%, slower than 69% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Côte-d'Or town −2%. The change was −3% from 2012 to 2017 and +3% from 2017 to 2023.
Brochon: 29% of residents are 65 or over, above 82% 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
■ Brochon 49.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Locally, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Côte-d'Or 52.8%, France 51.8%.
20% of households are couples with children, below 73% 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 Côte-d'Or median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.1 people. Here, nearly one in ten households are single parents. For comparison, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
Fewer flats than 62% of compared French towns: 23%
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
Of all households, 7.7% moved in during the last two years and 28% have stayed three decades or more. The comparison figure for flats is 30% in the typical compared French town. At 7.9%, the share of empty homes is higher than in 63% of compared French towns.
Half above, half below €31,900 a year in standard of living
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 residents live in households above €31,900 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
Brochon ranks above 73% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 18%
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
13% of Brochon’s households are headed by a manager or professional, against 9.4% in the median compared French town; 34% by a retired person (32%). Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 68% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 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).
Brochon ranks below 96% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 0.9%
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.
2.8% of residents are immigrants (typical compared French town: 6.5%). On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Immigrants make up a share lower than in 84% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Côte-d'Or has 7.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Brochon
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
43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town, against 41% in Brochon. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 86% 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
Just over two fifths of Brochon’s residents 15 and over who have left education hold a higher-education diploma, against 30% in the median compared French town; 13% have no diploma (19%).
The 14th oldest of 41 French towns of 664 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).
No nearby town is as old as Brochon
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brochon | 49.8 | 29% | 5.4% | 2.8% |
| Gevrey-Chambertin 2,917 · 0.9 mi | 46.2 | 23% | 2.1% | 4.4% |
| Marsannay-la-Côte 5,433 · 2.9 mi | 45 | 24% | 1.1% | 7.7% |
| Chenôve 14,244 · 4.3 mi | 41 | 20% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Longvic 8,896 · 5.5 mi | 42.1 | 22% | 1.5% | 14% |
| Dijon 161,830 · 6.6 mi | 34.5 | 18% | 4.1% | 13% |
| Nuits-Saint-Georges 5,235 · 6.9 mi | 48.4 | 28% | 4.6% | 4.5% |
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 Brochon
What is the population of Brochon?
664 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (663).
How old are Brochon’s residents?
The median age is 49.8, older than 82% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brochon?
19, with occasional dwellings: 5.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brochon?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.8% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brochon?
€31,900 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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