Couples with children make up 36% in Brières-les-Scellés, more than in 95% of compared French towns
In Brières-les-Scellés, 0.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), beside 12% in the typical compared French town. Across Brières-les-Scellés, 3.8% of households have no car. On flats, Brières-les-Scellés sits lower than 96% of compared French towns: 4.6%. There were 470 households here at the 2023 Census, home to 1,186 residents.
Throughout this page, the Essonne 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 Brières-les-Scellés
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 12% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brières-les-Scellés grew +6% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and +6% for the median Essonne town, the change came in two steps: +12% from 2012 to 2017, then −5% to 2023.
Brières-les-Scellés sits below 74% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (18%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brières-les-Scellés 42.1. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Brières-les-Scellés’s residents are under 42.1, younger than in 65% of compared French towns. In Brières-les-Scellés, 13% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Below 97% of compared French towns: 23% of households are one person living alone
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 Essonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
On average, 2.5 people share a household. Higher than in nearly three quarters of compared French towns: 12% of households are single parents. Set beside that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
3.8% of homes stand empty, fewer than in 89% 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
Just over a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 4.5% moved in within the last two years. The share of empty homes in the typical compared French town is 6.7%. On second homes, 2.4% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
€30,810 a year: the median 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 €30,810 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 88% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manager or professional than 72% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, against 30% in Brières-les-Scellés. Measured more widely, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. The census found that 18% of households are headed by a manual worker in the town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Brières-les-Scellés: 6.5% of residents are immigrants
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.
About one in 22: that is how common foreign nationals are in Brières-les-Scellés (4.5%). That is lower than in 50% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Essonne has 13%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 74% of compared French towns, at 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
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 23% of residents 15 and over are single in Brières-les-Scellés. The share of married residents in the typical compared French town is 43%.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 82% 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
In Brières-les-Scellés, nearly a third of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 9th youngest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Brières-les-Scellés and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brières-les-Scellés | 42.1 | 18% | 2.4% | 6.5% |
| Étampes 26,857 · 1.7 mi | 36 | 14% | 0.7% | 22% |
| Morigny-Champigny 4,412 · 2.3 mi | 47 | 24% | 1% | 6.2% |
| Étréchy 6,986 · 3.2 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 1.6% | 8.5% |
| Saint-Chéron 5,132 · 6.6 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 13% | 9.8% |
| Boissy-sous-Saint-Yon 3,882 · 7.5 mi | 40.7 | 16% | 2% | 6% |
| Lardy 5,530 · 7.6 mi | 43.6 | 16% | 2.6% | 8.3% |
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 Brières-les-Scellés
What is the population of Brières-les-Scellés?
1,186 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (1,115).
How old are Brières-les-Scellés’ residents?
The median age is 42.1, younger than 65% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brières-les-Scellés?
12, with occasional dwellings: 2.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brières-les-Scellés?
INSEE counts 77 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.5% of residents, and 53 foreign nationals (4.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brières-les-Scellés?
€30,810 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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