Households headed by a manager or professional: 2.8%, a lower share than 98% of compared French towns
The median age in Breteuil is 49.6, higher than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 4,282 residents and 1,960 households in the town. Second homes: 9% of the total. By its share of one-person households (41%), Breteuil is above 73% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Eure 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 Breteuil
Fewer residents than in 2012
Breteuil had 4,553 residents at the 2012 census and 4,282 in 2023, down 6%: slower growth than in 91% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 300 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A −6% change since 2012: slower than 91% 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
The years 2012 to 2017 brought −3%; 2017 to 2023, −3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Eure town −1%.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 29% in Breteuil, more than in 82% 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
■ Breteuil 49.6. The median compared French town: 44.
The figure for residents aged 15 to 24 is 9.3% in Breteuil and 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 87 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Eure 52.5%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Below 66% of compared French towns: 22% of households are couples with children
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 median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households here average 2.1 people each. Single-parent households are rarer here than in just over half of compared French towns. On average, 25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town.
In Breteuil, 12% of homes stand empty, more than in 88% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 11% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 20%. The benchmark for empty homes in the typical compared French town: 6.7%. At 16%, the share of households in social housing is higher than in 64% of compared French towns. On top of that, the share of households without a car tops just over three fifths of compared French towns: 13%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €22,860 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €22,860 a year: lower than in 83% of compared French towns. 19.0% of residents live below the poverty line INSEE uses.
25% of households are headed by a manual worker, more than in 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
36% of households are headed by a retired person (typical compared French town: 32%). Households headed by a manual worker: 14% 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).
Fewer immigrants than 80% of compared French towns: 3.2%
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 make up 2%, against 4.3% in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Eure has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 80% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 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.
Below 87% of compared French towns: 36% of residents 15 and over are married
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, 25% of residents 15 and over are single; in Breteuil, 29%. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 15% in Breteuil, less than in 97% 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
Here 32% of adults out of school have no qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 19%. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (4,240 to 4,323 people), the 11th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Nanteuil-le-Haudouin (37.1), the oldest Courseulles-sur-Mer (65.3).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Breteuil 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Breteuil | 49.6 | 29% | 9% | 3.2% |
| Verneuil d'Avre et d'Iton 7,193 · 5.7 mi | 50 | 29% | 4.4% | 6.1% |
| Mesnils-sur-Iton 6,078 · 7.1 mi | 42.8 | 21% | 7% | 1.8% |
| Conches-en-Ouche 4,838 · 9.1 mi | 44.7 | 25% | 2.9% | 3% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 13.7 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| Saint-Lubin-des-Joncherets 4,116 · 14 mi | 44.6 | 24% | 2.8% | 5% |
| Saint-Sébastien-de-Morsent 5,524 · 14.9 mi | 46.2 | 21% | 1.5% | 6.4% |
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 Breteuil
What is the population of Breteuil?
4,282 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% fewer than in 2012 (4,553).
How old are Breteuil’s residents?
The median age is 49.6, older than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Breteuil?
220, with occasional dwellings: 9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Breteuil?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.2% of residents, and 84 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Breteuil?
€22,860 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 19.0% 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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