A median age of 51.4: Brousseval is older than 87% of compared French towns
Single-parent households: 13%, above 85% of compared French towns. Households headed by a manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Brousseval counted 615 residents and 300 households at the 2023 Census. Put another way, about one in six: 16% of homes are flats.
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 Brousseval
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brousseval had 752 residents at the 2012 census and 615 in 2023, down 18%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Brousseval’s residents are under 51.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 25% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7.4% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 52 homes empty (14%): 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 −18% change since 2012: slower than 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
Against +5% for the median compared French town and −9% for the median Haute-Marne town, the change came in two steps: −8% from 2012 to 2017, then −11% to 2023.
More residents aged 65 and over than 66% of compared French towns: 25%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brousseval 51.4. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Brousseval has 9.7%. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Haute-Marne 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Only 17% of households are couples with children in Brousseval
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
Two in five households are one person living alone, against 35% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2 people.
A higher share of empty homes than 94% of compared French towns, at 14%
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
Turnover: 9.7% of households moved in less than two years ago, and 38% have lived in their home 30 years or more. At 16%, the share of households without a car is higher than in 74% of compared French towns. Across the comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 3.3% of homes are second homes here.
At the median, €22,770 a year to live on
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.
Living standards centre on €22,770 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
Brousseval: 44% of households are headed by a retired person, above 91% 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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Brousseval comes in at 21%. For comparison, 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).
Foreign nationals: 2.8%, a lower share than 68% 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 57% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Haute-Marne has 7.8%. Here, 5.7% of residents are immigrants. The usual figure: 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals 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.
22% of residents 15 and over are single, fewer than in 79% of compared French towns
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
The census found that 43% of residents 15 and over are married in Brousseval. The comparison figure for single residents is 25% in the typical compared French town.
9.5% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 99% 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
36% of adults out of school have no qualification, against 19% in the typical compared French town. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 11th oldest of 41 French towns of 615 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Around Brousseval, 1 of 4 towns have a higher median age
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brousseval | 51.4 | 25% | 3.3% | 5.7% |
| Wassy 2,771 · 1.1 mi | 48.7 | 27% | 1.9% | 2.8% |
| Joinville 2,915 · 8.8 mi | 52.2 | 32% | 3.2% | 8.1% |
| Ancerville 2,569 · 10.1 mi | 49.4 | 25% | 1.6% | 2.2% |
| Saint-Dizier 22,858 · 10.2 mi | 43.6 | 23% | 1.9% | 10% |
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 Brousseval
What is the population of Brousseval?
615 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 18% fewer than in 2012 (752).
How old are Brousseval’s residents?
The median age is 51.4, older than 87% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brousseval?
12, with occasional dwellings: 3.3% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brousseval?
INSEE counts 35 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.7% of residents, and 17 foreign nationals (2.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brousseval?
€22,770 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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