24% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 94% of compared French towns don’t reach
Couples with children: 31%, above four fifths of compared French towns. Briec had 5,816 residents in 2,440 households at the 2023 Census. The share of flats stands at 17%. Fewer residents aged 65 and over than in 70% of compared French towns: 19%.
Throughout this page, the Finistère 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.
Faster growth than 54% of compared French towns: Briec changed by +6% since 2012
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 +2%; 2017 to 2023, +3%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Finistère town +4%.
Younger than 61% of compared French towns: half of Briec is under 42.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Briec 42.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Put another way, about one in nine: 11% of residents are 15 to 24.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Finistère 51.7%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 62% of compared French towns: 33%
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 Finistère median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. In the typical compared French town, one-person households come to 35%. Across Briec, nearly one in ten households are single parents.
A smaller share of households without a car than 71% of compared French towns: 7.3%
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
One household in 14 has no car (median compared French town: 11%). Higher than in 70% of compared French towns: 3.9% of homes are second homes. Long tenure is the mark of 19% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 8.9% (under two years).
€24,840 a year is the median standard of living here
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.
The median standard of living in Briec is €24,840 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 62% of compared French towns. Below the poverty line: 12.0% of residents.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 28% of households are headed by a retired person
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
The share of households headed by a manager or professional trails 69% of compared French towns: 6.9%. Typically, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Briec: 5.4% of residents are foreign nationals, above 60% 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 lower than in 52% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Finistère has 2.4%. The wider picture: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. For Briec, the census puts immigrants at 6.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Above 70% of compared French towns: 28% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Married residents: 40% here and 43% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, the share of single residents is 25%.
17% of adults out of school have no qualification, below 61% 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
The census found that 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in Briec. Adults with no qualification make up 19% in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 5,779 to 5,854 people, the 18th youngest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Viry (35.9), the youngest, and Montmorillon (57.4), the oldest.
Of the 6 towns nearest Briec, 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briec | 42.6 | 19% | 3.9% | 6.3% |
| Ergué-Gabéric 8,606 · 6.4 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 0.9% | 2.6% |
| Plogonnec 3,236 · 7.6 mi | 45.9 | 25% | 6.9% | 2% |
| Châteaulin 5,085 · 7.9 mi | 47.4 | 24% | 5.7% | 4.2% |
| Elliant 3,427 · 8.2 mi | 42.2 | 19% | 5.1% | 1.6% |
| Quimper 64,385 · 8.4 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 3.2% | 6.3% |
| Pleyben 3,692 · 9.2 mi | 46.6 | 23% | 4.6% | 2.7% |
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 Briec
What is the population of Briec?
5,816 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 6% more than in 2012 (5,497).
How old are Briec’s residents?
The median age is 42.6, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Briec?
110, with occasional dwellings: 3.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Briec?
INSEE counts 370 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.3% of residents, and 320 foreign nationals (5.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Briec?
€24,840 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% 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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