Brando’s strongest subject is jobs & income: 0.4 jobs per working resident; 5.9% unemployment. Housing is expensive: at the median price, a 70 m² home costs 11.1 times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality. It also trails on walkability — just over two in five residents live within 800 m of a bakery, and 7% of working residents walk, cycle or take public transport to work. Holiday and other second homes account for 47% of homes.
Figures: employment and commuting, INSEE census 2023 · prices, DVF · income per consumption unit (an income adjusted for household size), INSEE Filosofi · amenities, INSEE BPE 2025. Brando has subject grades but no overall grade: French towns get one from 2,500 residents.
Hazard risk isn’t graded in France yet: national flood maps cover only some areas.
Each subject compares Brando with other French towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far its rank is from the middle. American and UK towns are graded separately.
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Brando.
HousingCost of living D−
A home in Brando sells for €3,982/m², more than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns
Rents are the ministry’s estimates of advertised rents, not rents actually paid.
Advertised rents are estimated at €15.11/m² a month, higher than both Haute-Corse’s towns (€13.75/m²) and compared French towns (€12.41/m²). The split in Brando: €5,365/m² for houses, €3,876/m² for apartments. Houses made up nearly two fifths of the homes sold; apartments the rest.
€3,982/m²median sale price
Median sale price per m² · Jul 2023 to Jun 2026
Brando€3,982/m²
Median of towns€2,430/m²
Haute-Corse median€3,166/m²
By type
Median per m²
Sales
Houses
€5,365/m²
33
Apartments
€3,876/m²
52
€15.11/m²
estimated advertised apartment rent a month, charges included (€11.94 to €19.12/m² a month)
11.1
times the median annual income per consumption unit in the intercommunality, for 70 m² at the median price
€11.06/m²
estimated advertised house rent a month, charges included
€25,210
median annual income per consumption unit, Communauté de communes du Cap Corse
Source: DGFiP, DVF property sales (Etalab geolocated); Housing Ministry, Carte des loyers 2025; INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
Who lives here
Brando has fewer young adults than Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 6.4% are 15 to 24
People 65 and over make up nearly a third of the town, above both Haute-Corse’s towns (21%) and compared French towns (22%). The under-15s are 12% of the population here.
55median age
BrandoHaute-Corse medianFrance median
Ages · share of residents
32%
Under 1515–2425–4445–6465+
Highest diploma · residents 15 and older who have left education
No diploma14%
CAP or BEP20%
Baccalauréat23%
Higher education39%
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
WomenFrance medianMen
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Corse 51.9%, France 51.8%.
INSEE, census 2023 · Haute-Corse median and France median: the median of compared communes
Work & commuteJobs & income A−
Incomes in Brando run higher than in both Haute-Corse’s towns and compared French towns: a median €29,490 a year per consumption unit
Unemployment runs at 5.9%. 7.4% of commuters walked, cycled or took the bus or train at the census, higher than Haute-Corse’s towns (5.4%) yet lower than compared French towns (13.4%).
7%walk, cycle or take transit
How working residents got to work · census 2023
Driving85%
On foot5%
Motorbike or scooter3%
Public transport2%
Bicycle0%
300
jobs based in Brando, 0.4 per working resident
5.9%
unemployment rate, ages 15 to 64 in the labor force · median of compared French towns 10.1%
€29,490
median annual income per consumption unit, 2023 · median of compared French towns €25,970
5%
worked without traveling (at or from home)
C
Walkability: better than 35% of compared French towns
Source: INSEE, census 2023 (commuting, employment, jobs at place of work); INSEE, Filosofi 2023 · Licence Ouverte
History
Brando keeps more of its old housing than Haute-Corse’s towns or compared French towns: 18% built before 1919
France has no History Grade yet: this card describes, it doesn’t grade.
Scaled to its population, that is 38 protected monuments for every 10,000 people in Brando. Among the classé monuments here is Chapelle Notre-Dame-des-Neiges. On the Culture ministry’s list, Brando counts 6 historic monuments: 4 classé at the top level of protection and 2 inscrit at the second. The protected list starts in the 14th century.
Ministère de la Culture, Mérimée (Licence Ouverte 2.0) · INSEE, census 2023, homes by build period
HealthHealth C+
More deaths than expected: Brando is above 59% of compared French towns once ages and care homes are allowed for
Care access and life expectancy are shown for context, not graded.
The nearest emergency department to Brando is Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia, 6.6 mi away. From 2016 to 2025, 172 residents of Brando died, against 189 expected from France’s death rates at each age: 9% fewer. Life expectancy in Haute-Corse: 85.5 years for women and 81.2 for men (2025); France averages 85.9 and 80.3. This Haute-Corse town has one family doctor.
−9%deaths against expected, after care homesC+Health Grade
Deaths per 100 expected · 2016–2025
Raw91
Adjusted91
Median town88
Expected100
1
GPs in Brando · 2.3 GP consultations a year per resident within reach (APL)
6.6 mi
to the nearest emergency department, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
5.4 mi
to the nearest maternity unit, Centre hospitalier Falconaja Bastia
85.5 · 81.2
years of life expectancy at birth, women · men, Haute-Corse, 2025 (provisional) · France 85.9 · 80.3
Chapelle Pisane attenant à l'église: Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Chapelle de la Confrérie de la Sainte-Croix: Photo: Pierre Bona · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Tour d'Erbalunga: Photo: Pinpin · CC BY 2.5
Famous people from Brando
Wikidata places 1 person here, but the articles don’t both confirm Brando as the birthplace, so nobody is listed.
People: INSEE, census 2023. Miles: center to center.
Questions about Brando
Is Brando safe?
Brando has no Safety Grade: over a quarter of its index would rest on the département’s average. Recorded figures: an average of 2.7 recorded violent incidents and 12.6 recorded burglaries, vehicle thefts, thefts from vehicles and acts of criminal damage per 1,000 residents a year, 2023–2025.
Is Brando expensive to live in?
Incomes are higher than in most compared French towns, so Brando grades D− for cost of living.
About Brando
Commune in Haute-Corse, Corsica
Brando is a commune of 1,584 people in the Communauté de communes du Cap Corse. TownRatings compares communes, France’s local unit: each has its own mayor and its own statistics. Its area takes in the town and the countryside around it.
Built from INSEE’s 2026 official geography (COG) and IGN Admin Express boundaries
Contains public sector information under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab): INSEE, DGFiP, the Interior Ministry’s statistics service (SSMSI), the Ministry of Education (DEPP), the Health Ministry’s statistics service (DREES) and the Housing Ministry (Carte des loyers). Commune boundaries: IGN Admin Express.
