Only 1.6% of households have no car in Braux-le-Châtel
In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%; Braux-le-Châtel has 7%. Meanwhile, on single-parent households, Braux-le-Châtel sits higher than 98% of compared French towns: 17%. 123 residents in 61 households: that is Braux-le-Châtel at the 2023 Census. Residents aged 15 to 24 account for 5.6%.
Throughout this page, the Haute-Marne 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 Braux-le-Châtel
Fewer residents than in 2012
Braux-le-Châtel had 140 residents at the 2012 census and 123 in 2023, down 12%: slower growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Slower growth than 98% of compared French towns: Braux-le-Châtel changed by −12% 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
Here the change came as +4% to 2017, then −15% to 2023. Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, −9% in Haute-Marne.
Braux-le-Châtel sits above 84% of compared French towns for residents aged 65 and over (29%)
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Braux-le-Châtel 44.5. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Braux-le-Châtel is 44.5, higher than in 53% of compared French towns. As a reference point, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Above 75% of compared French towns: 42% of households are one person living alone
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 Haute-Marne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2 people in the average household. The wider picture: just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Braux-le-Châtel sits close to the norm on couples with children: 25%, about the same as in the typical compared French town.
Empty homes make up 10% in Braux-le-Châtel, more than in 79% 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
At 2.9%, the share of second homes is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town. Households that moved in under two years ago: 9.7%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 37%. Empty homes make up 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
€26,590 a year: the median standard of living
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 Braux-le-Châtel is €26,590 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
17% of households are headed by a manual worker, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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
Put another way, about one in 12: nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Set against 32% in the typical compared French town, 33% of households are headed by a retired person in Braux-le-Châtel.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0.8% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 99% 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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 14% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Braux-le-Châtel, 55%. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 21% in Braux-le-Châtel, less than in 83% 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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in six. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
The 16th youngest of 41 French towns of 123 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.
Braux-le-Châtel is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Braux-le-Châtel | 44.5 | 29% | 2.9% | 0.8% |
| Chaumont 20,827 · 9 mi | 45.6 | 25% | 2.9% | 7.5% |
| Bar-sur-Aube 4,665 · 14.3 mi | 50.8 | 31% | 4.7% | 15% |
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 Braux-le-Châtel
What is the population of Braux-le-Châtel?
123 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 12% fewer than in 2012 (140).
How old are Braux-le-Châtel’s residents?
The median age is 44.5, older than 53% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 29% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Braux-le-Châtel?
2, with occasional dwellings: 2.9% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Braux-le-Châtel?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.8% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Braux-le-Châtel?
€26,590 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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