Brunoy ranks above 92% of compared French towns on households headed by a manager or professional: 23%
Flats: 51% here and 30% in the typical compared French town. Brunoy’s 10,780 households held 25,643 residents at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in six: 18% of households have no car. The median age here is 41.3, lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
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 Brunoy
Immigrants
INSEE counts 3,800 immigrants in Brunoy (people born abroad who weren’t French at birth, whatever their nationality now): 15% of residents, against 13% for the median compared commune in Essonne. 12% are foreign nationals. Immigrants and foreign nationals ↓
Many graduates
47% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 20% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
From 2012 to 2023, 70% of compared French towns grew faster than Brunoy: ±0%
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: ±0% from 2012 to 2017, then ±0% to 2023.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Brunoy, less than in 73% 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
■ Brunoy 41.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24 here. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 94 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Essonne 51.3%, France 51.8%.
29% of households are couples with children, more than in 71% 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 Essonne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.3 people. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Brunoy has more single-parent households than just over four fifths of compared French towns, at 12%. Still, the share of one-person households is 34%, against 35% in the typical compared French town.
In Brunoy, 16% of households rent social housing (HLM), more than in 63% 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
1.3% of homes are second homes, about the same as in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM). For Brunoy, the census puts empty homes at 5.6%.
The median resident lives on €31,120 a year per consumption unit
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 €31,120 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 89% of compared French towns. Under the poverty line sit 12.2% of residents.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 87% of compared French towns, at 7.9%
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 Brunoy, 29% of households are headed by a retired person, beside 32% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 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 higher share of immigrants than 85% of compared French towns, at 15%
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.
Foreign nationals: 12% here and 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Elsewhere, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Brunoy ranks above 77% of compared French towns on single residents: 30%
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
Fewer married residents than in 54% of compared French towns: 42%. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
More graduates of higher education than 90% of compared French towns: 47%
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
Adults with no qualification make up 14%, against 19% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 17th oldest 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 31 in Grigny to 55.2 in Biarritz.
3 of 6 neighbors are older than Brunoy
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brunoy | 41.3 | 19% | 1.3% | 15% |
| Épinay-sous-Sénart 11,611 · 0.9 mi | 33.8 | 12% | 0.6% | 29% |
| Yerres 27,906 · 1 mi | 41.7 | 20% | 1.3% | 13% |
| Boussy-Saint-Antoine 8,097 · 1.5 mi | 38.7 | 17% | 1% | 20% |
| Mandres-les-Roses 4,922 · 1.7 mi | 42.7 | 18% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Villecresnes 11,647 · 1.8 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 1% | 13% |
| Périgny 2,724 · 2.2 mi | 40.3 | 14% | 1.1% | 8.4% |
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 Brunoy
What is the population of Brunoy?
25,643 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (25,685).
How old are Brunoy’s residents?
The median age is 41.3, younger than 71% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brunoy?
150, with occasional dwellings: 1.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brunoy?
INSEE counts 3,830 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 15% of residents, and 3,040 foreign nationals (12%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brunoy?
€31,120 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.2% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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