Brouchaud is older than 97% of compared French towns: a median age of 58.5
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Brouchaud had 224 residents in 110 households at the 2023 Census. Locally, 0.5% of homes are flats. Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, nearly a fifth of households are couples with children here.
Throughout this page, the Dordogne 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 Brouchaud
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 62 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brouchaud, 34% of its 180 homes: higher than in 95% of compared French towns. 100% 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 Brouchaud’s residents are under 58.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 36% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 8.6% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A higher share of second homes than 95% of compared French towns, at 34%
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 14 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). As a yardstick, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.1% of households have no car. Lower than in 65% of compared French towns: 5.6% of homes stand empty.
A change of +3% since 2012 leaves Brouchaud behind 57% 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 ±0%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Dordogne town −1%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.6% in Brouchaud, less than in 98% 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
■ Brouchaud 58.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 36% here and 22% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Dordogne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
36% of households are one person living alone, a share 54% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Dordogne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €24,450 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €24,450 a year: lower than in 67% of compared French towns.
Brouchaud sits above 86% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (41%)
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 manual worker are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Against that, 32% of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. In Brouchaud, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Brouchaud ranks above 75% of compared French towns on foreign nationals: 8.3%
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.
Immigrants: 9.1%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, foreign nationals come to 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 94% of compared French towns: 19%
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
With married residents at 50%, Brouchaud is ahead of 92% of compared French towns on that count. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 77% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Roughly three in ten: 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification. The usual figure: 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 4th oldest of 41 French towns of 224 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).
Every neighbor is younger than Brouchaud
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brouchaud | 58.5 | 36% | 34% | 9.1% |
| Bassillac et Auberoche 4,361 · 6.7 mi | 48.1 | 25% | 7.5% | 2.4% |
| Trélissac 7,372 · 11.1 mi | 48.5 | 29% | 1.6% | 4.7% |
| Boulazac Isle Manoire 10,759 · 11.6 mi | 46.9 | 25% | 2.5% | 6.3% |
| Montignac-Lascaux 2,762 · 12.6 mi | 56.3 | 36% | 22% | 5.4% |
| Champcevinel 3,126 · 13 mi | 48.8 | 27% | 2% | 4.4% |
| Périgueux 29,055 · 13.5 mi | 44.6 | 25% | 5.4% | 9.1% |
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 Brouchaud
What is the population of Brouchaud?
224 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (217).
How old are Brouchaud’s residents?
The median age is 58.5, older than 97% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 36% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brouchaud?
62, with occasional dwellings: 34% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brouchaud?
INSEE counts 20 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 9.1% of residents, and 19 foreign nationals (8.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brouchaud?
€24,450 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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