A smaller share of households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 1.4%
In the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households is 35%; Brognard has 24%. 4.9% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 87% of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census, 471 people lived in the town, in 200 households. Here, 2.7% of homes stand empty.
Throughout this page, the Doubs 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.
Brognard changed by +3% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 56% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Doubs town −1%.
A smaller share of residents aged 15 to 24 than 85% of compared French towns: 8.7%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brognard 47.3. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Brognard is 47.3, higher than in 71% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Brognard, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 25%.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 95 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Doubs 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Brognard: 13% of households are single parents, above 83% 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 Doubs median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. Across Brognard, 29% of households are couples with children. Against that, 10% of households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Below 80% of compared French towns: 14% of homes are flats
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 4.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 32%. 4.3% of homes are second homes, a higher share than in 73% of compared French towns.
Median living standard: €31,450 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.
Half of Brognard’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €31,450 a year per consumption unit, and half above: higher than in 90% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker: 5.1%, a lower share than 96% 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
In the typical compared French town, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional; in Brognard, 15%. What’s more, 36% of households are headed by a retired person, a higher share than in 71% of compared French towns. On average, 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).
A lower share of foreign nationals than 99% of compared French towns, at 0.4%
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.
By its share of immigrants (2.6%), Brognard is below 86% of compared French towns. For foreign nationals, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 4.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 97% of compared French towns
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
Married residents: 52%, above 96% of compared French towns. Single residents: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Brognard sits below 99% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (7.9%)
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 Brognard, just over two in five adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. Across the comparison, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 471 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
1 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Brognard
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brognard | 47.3 | 25% | 4.3% | 2.6% |
| Vieux-Charmont 2,786 · 1.4 mi | 45.7 | 25% | 1.8% | 10% |
| Étupes 3,689 · 1.6 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 0.9% | 13% |
| Sochaux 3,721 · 1.8 mi | 43.3 | 23% | 1.9% | 22% |
| Grand-Charmont 5,873 · 2.1 mi | 39.2 | 21% | 0.5% | 18% |
| Châtenois-les-Forges 2,608 · 2.1 mi | 48.9 | 26% | 0.6% | 3.9% |
| Exincourt 3,277 · 2.7 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 0.8% | 10% |
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 Brognard
What is the population of Brognard?
471 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (456).
How old are Brognard’s residents?
The median age is 47.3, older than 71% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brognard?
9, with occasional dwellings: 4.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brognard?
INSEE counts 12 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brognard?
€31,450 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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