Brouy ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.3%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Brouy had 134 residents in 57 households at the 2023 census. About one in 12: that is how common households headed by a manual worker are in Brouy (8.3%). In Brouy, one in ten homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
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 Brouy
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 17% single parents with children; 16% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brouy’s population moved +2% on 2012, less than in 60% 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
For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Essonne town +6%.
9.3% of residents are 15 to 24, below 76% 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
■ Brouy 45.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Brouy is 45.7, higher than in just over three fifths of compared French towns. About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Brouy (21%). Across the comparison, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
Brouy ranks below 94% of compared French towns on one-person households: 25%
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
Average household size: 2.3 people. At 17%, the share of single-parent households is higher than in 98% of compared French towns. The share of one-person households in the typical compared French town is 35%. With couples with children at 33%, Brouy is ahead of 88% of compared French towns on that count.
Brouy: 5% of homes are second homes, above 77% 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
In the last two years, nearly one in ten households moved in; at the other end, 28% have stayed 30 years or more. Against that, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The middle resident’s standard of living: €32,020 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.
Living standards centre on €32,020 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 91% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 25% in Brouy, more than in 94% 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 Brouy, 33% of households are headed by a retired person. Households headed by a manager or professional: 9.4% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Brouy, 2.9% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 67% of compared French towns
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 make up a share higher than in 54% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Essonne has 13%. To put it in context, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 7.1% 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.
A larger share of married residents than 98% of compared French towns: 53%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%; Brouy has 21%. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
13% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 83% 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
Graduates of higher education make up 33%, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
21st highest median age among 41 French towns of 134 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Older than Brouy: 1 of the 6 towns nearby
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brouy | 45.7 | 21% | 5% | 7.1% |
| Le Malesherbois 8,016 · 5.7 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 5.1% | 15% |
| Maisse 2,797 · 7.3 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 3.8% | 6.7% |
| Le Mérévillois 3,477 · 8.8 mi | 44.9 | 21% | 7.4% | 7.6% |
| Boutigny-sur-Essonne 3,146 · 9.3 mi | 45.2 | 23% | 3.4% | 7.4% |
| Morigny-Champigny 4,412 · 9.9 mi | 47 | 24% | 1% | 6.2% |
| Pithiviers 8,856 · 9.9 mi | 40.7 | 22% | 3.7% | 24% |
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 Brouy
What is the population of Brouy?
134 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 2% more than in 2012 (131).
How old are Brouy’s residents?
The median age is 45.7, older than 61% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 21% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brouy?
3, with occasional dwellings: 5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brouy?
INSEE counts 10 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.1% of residents, and 4 foreign nationals (2.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brouy?
€32,020 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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