In Saint-Brès, 67% of households are headed by a retired person, more than in 99% of compared French towns
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 6.8%, against 11% in the typical compared French town. 3.2% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 31. Flats are rarer here than in 96% of compared French towns. Saint-Brès had 70 residents in 30 households at the 2023 census.
Throughout this page, the Gers 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 Saint-Brès
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 5 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Brès, 12% of its 42 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Brès had 83 residents at the 2012 census and 70 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Empty homes
The census found 7 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
33% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 15% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A larger share of empty homes than 97% of compared French towns: 17%
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
Car-free households: one in 15, where the median compared French town has 11%. 12% of homes are second homes, more than in 89% of compared French towns. Empty homes: 6.7% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Here, 6.5% of households have no car.
Slower than most: −16% since 2012, behind 99% 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
Here the change came as −8% to 2017, then −8% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Gers.
Older than 74% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Brès is over 47.8
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Brès 47.8. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 65 and over is 25%, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Gers 52.4%, France 51.8%.
Saint-Brès sits above 88% of compared French towns for couples with children (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 Gers median and the France median
Living alone · share
Against a figure of 35% in the typical compared French town, the share of one-person households in Saint-Brès comes in at 33%. For couples with children, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (67%)
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
Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A smaller share of immigrants than 84% of compared French towns: 2.7%
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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Saint-Brès, 2.7%. Against that, 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.
Fewer single residents than 86% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Saint-Brès comes in at 45%. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A smaller share of adults with no qualification than 61% of compared French towns: 17%
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 28% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 30%. As a reference point, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 15th oldest of 41 French towns of 70 to 2,582 people
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 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Saint-Brès sits below 5 of its 6 closest neighbors on median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Saint-Brès
What is the population of Saint-Brès?
70 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (83).
How old are Saint-Brès’ residents?
The median age is 47.8, older than 74% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Brès?
5, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Brès?
INSEE counts 2 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.7% of residents, and 2 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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