Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 2.5%
Compared with 12% in the typical compared French town, 2.1% of households rent social housing (HLM) here. 448 residents in 190 households: that is La Brionne at the 2023 Census. Households without a car make up about one in 32 here (3.1%). One-person households are rarer here than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Creuse 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.
Slower than most: +4% since 2012, behind 54% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +2%; 2017 to 2023, +2%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Creuse town −5%.
La Brionne sits below 67% of compared French towns for residents aged 15 to 24 (9.8%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ La Brionne 43.4. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in La Brionne is 43.4, lower than in 55% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. In La Brionne, nearly a quarter of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Creuse 52.8%, France 51.8%.
Above 70% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children
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 Creuse median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.4 people. Single-parent households: 11% of the total. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
La Brionne: 6.3% of homes are second homes, above 81% 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
The share of empty homes tops nearly four fifths of compared French towns: 9.9%. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Of all households, 4.1% moved in during the last two years and 34% have stayed three decades or more.
At the median, €25,940 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 median standard of living in La Brionne is €25,940 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 20%, a higher share than 82% of compared French towns
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
By its share of households headed by a retired person (29%), La Brionne is below 71% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional are more common here than in 72% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
La Brionne ranks below 91% of compared French towns on immigrants: 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.
The median compared commune in Creuse has 7.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 91% of compared French towns. Here, 0.7% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
More married residents than 73% of compared French towns: 46%
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
Single residents: 24% here and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 82% of compared French towns: 13% of adults out of school have no 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
In La Brionne, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 448 to 2,582 people: this is the 13th youngest
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).
La Brionne is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| La Brionne | 43.4 | 23% | 6.3% | 2% |
| Guéret 12,955 · 4 mi | 46.4 | 26% | 4.5% | 8.6% |
| Sainte-Feyre 2,566 · 5.8 mi | 51.4 | 30% | 5% | 2.4% |
| La Souterraine 4,978 · 15.2 mi | 51.4 | 33% | 5.6% | 8.8% |
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 La Brionne
What is the population of La Brionne?
448 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (431).
How old are La Brionne’s residents?
The median age is 43.4, younger than 55% of compared French towns. 25% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in La Brionne?
14, with occasional dwellings: 6.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in La Brionne?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2% of residents, and 3 foreign nationals (0.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in La Brionne?
€25,940 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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