In Broons, 13% of homes stand empty, more than in 91% of compared French towns
Against a figure of 12% in the typical compared French town, the share of households in social housing in Broons comes in at 4.8%. By contrast, 39% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 81% of compared French towns. Its 1,260 households held 2,943 residents at the 2023 Census. Across Broons, 5.7% of homes are second homes.
Throughout this page, the Côtes-d'Armor 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 Broons
Empty homes
The census found 200 homes empty (13%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 75% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −3%, and from 2017 to 2023 +2%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Côtes-d'Armor town +3%.
30% of residents are 65 or over, more than in 87% 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
■ Broons 48.9. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 48.9, Broons is older than nearly four fifths of compared French towns. About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Broons (9.6%). As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over 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: Côtes-d'Armor 52.9%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Couples with children make up 22% in Broons, less than in 66% 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 Côtes-d'Armor median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.2 people in the average household. As a reference point, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Compared with other places, single-parent households are scarce here: 8.9%, fewer than in 68% of compared French towns. Little separates the share of one-person households here, 35%, from the figure in the typical compared French town.
Broons ranks below 81% of compared French towns on flats: 13%
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
One household in 10 has no car, against 11% in the median compared French town. Households without a car are rarer here than in 52% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town.
A median standard of living of €24,970 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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,970 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns. 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
Broons ranks above 81% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 20%
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
6.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional (typical compared French town: 9.4%). Across the 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).
Fewer immigrants than 89% of compared French towns: 2.2%
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.
Foreign nationals: 1.8%, below just over four fifths of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, 6.5% 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.
Only 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Broons
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
Fewer married residents than in 54% of compared French towns: 42%. Elsewhere, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%; Broons has 29%. On average, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
17th highest median age among 41 French towns of 2,911 to 2,974
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Péron is the youngest (37.1); Lalinde the oldest (58.7).
Around Broons, 1 of 6 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broons | 48.9 | 30% | 5.7% | 2.2% |
| Caulnes 2,501 · 4.7 mi | 46.1 | 28% | 5.8% | 2.9% |
| Jugon-les-Lacs 2,541 · 7 mi | 42 | 21% | 20% | 3.6% |
| Plénée-Jugon 2,579 · 7.8 mi | 43.8 | 22% | 7.6% | 2.9% |
| Saint-Méen-le-Grand 4,653 · 9.3 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 1.8% | 5.4% |
| Trélivan 2,865 · 10.8 mi | 47.5 | 24% | 2.5% | 2.5% |
| Merdrignac 3,139 · 11 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 6.8% | 5.5% |
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 Broons
What is the population of Broons?
2,943 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (2,983).
How old are Broons’ residents?
The median age is 48.9, older than 79% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 30% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Broons?
88, with occasional dwellings: 5.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Broons?
INSEE counts 66 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.2% of residents, and 53 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Broons?
€24,970 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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