More couples with children than 98% of compared French towns: 39%
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 837 residents in Broué, living in 330 households. Put another way, about one in seven: 15% of residents are 65 or over. Where 30% of homes are flats in the typical compared French town, Broué has 6.9%.
Throughout this page, the Eure-et-Loir 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 Broué
A town of families
39% of households are couples with children and 4.5% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Broué had 903 residents at the 2012 census and 837 in 2023, down 7%: slower growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
−7% since 2012, a pace below 94% 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −1% in Eure-et-Loir. Here the change came as −2% to 2017, then −6% to 2023.
Broué is younger than 74% of compared French towns: a median age of 40.9
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Broué 40.9. The median compared French town: 44.
By its share of residents aged 15 to 24 (12%), Broué is above 71% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Eure-et-Loir 52.3%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 96% of compared French towns: 24%
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 Eure-et-Loir median and the France median
Living alone · share
Each household has 2.5 people on average. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. On single-parent households, Broué sits lower than 99% of compared French towns: 4.5%.
Broué ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households without a car: 3.3%
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
2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town, against 3.7% in Broué. Typically, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town. In Broué, 8.5% of homes stand empty.
A median of €30,440 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €30,440 a year: higher than in 87% of compared French towns.
Broué sits below 82% of compared French towns for households headed by a retired person (25%)
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
With households headed by a manual worker at 9%, Broué is behind 83% of compared French towns on that count. Against that, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town. Households headed by a manager or professional make up about one in ten here (10%).
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Broué: 5.6% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 58% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Eure-et-Loir has 7.5%. Put another way, about one in 18: 5.6% of residents are immigrants. 4.8% of residents are foreign nationals, about the same as 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.
A larger share of married residents than 83% of compared French towns: 48%
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
By its share of single residents (24%), Broué is below 61% of compared French towns. On average, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Adults with no qualification make up 12% in Broué, less than in 87% 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
Set against 30% in the typical compared French town, 36% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Broué. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 4th 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
4 of 6 neighbors are older than Broué
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Broué | 40.9 | 15% | 3.7% | 5.6% |
| Houdan 3,721 · 4.4 mi | 43.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 11% |
| Dreux 31,543 · 7 mi | 37.2 | 17% | 1.5% | 22% |
| Gambais 2,574 · 7.2 mi | 46.2 | 20% | 8.2% | 6% |
| Nogent-le-Roi 4,021 · 7.6 mi | 44.8 | 23% | 3.1% | 8.8% |
| Anet 2,721 · 8 mi | 49.2 | 30% | 4% | 6.5% |
| Vernouillet 12,310 · 8.1 mi | 40.7 | 21% | 1.4% | 19% |
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 Broué
What is the population of Broué?
837 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% fewer than in 2012 (903).
How old are Broué’s residents?
The median age is 40.9, younger than 74% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Broué?
14, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Broué?
INSEE counts 47 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.6% of residents, and 40 foreign nationals (4.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Broué?
€30,440 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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