Brignac ranks below 97% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 12%
1.8% of households rent social housing (HLM), or about one in 56. Fewer flats than in 93% of compared French towns: 6.5%. Brignac counted 978 residents and 380 households at the 2023 Census. With households headed by a retired person at 20%, Brignac is behind 95% of compared French towns on that count.
Throughout this page, the Hérault 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 Brignac
Growing fast
Brignac had 749 residents at the 2012 census and 978 in 2023, up 31%: faster growth than in 97% of compared French towns. Population ↓
A town of families
35% of households are couples with children and 9.3% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+31% since 2012, a pace 97% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +19%, and from 2017 to 2023 +10%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Hérault town +13%.
A median age of 39.1: Brignac is younger than 84% of compared French towns
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brignac 39.1. The median compared French town: 44.
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Brignac has 13%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 104 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Brignac sits above 93% of compared French towns for couples with children (35%)
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 Hérault median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of one-person households (25%), Brignac is below 95% of compared French towns. There are 2.6 people in the average household. Lower than in 62% of compared French towns: 9.3% of households are single parents.
Brignac ranks below 93% of compared French towns on households without a car: 4.2%
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
Of all households, 9.2% moved in during the last two years and 10% have stayed three decades or more. Households without a car make up 11% in the typical compared French town. Empty homes are rarer here than in 76% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%; Brignac has 3.7%.
€24,240 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 Brignac is €24,240 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 68% of compared French towns.
12% of households are headed by a manager or professional, a share 63% 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
Set against 14% in the typical compared French town, just over one in ten households are headed by a manual worker in Brignac. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 2.1% of residents are foreign nationals in Brignac
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.
The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 60% of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 5.3%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Brignac ranks below 74% of compared French towns on married residents: 39%
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
On the census count, 25% of residents 15 and over are single. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 78% of compared French towns: 14%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, 33% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification here. On average, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
The 2nd youngest of 41 French towns of 978 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.
No nearby town is as young as Brignac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brignac | 39.1 | 12% | 3.7% | 5.3% |
| Canet 3,619 · 1.4 mi | 42.4 | 19% | 3.2% | 4% |
| Clermont-l'Hérault 9,461 · 2.2 mi | 44.3 | 24% | 3.9% | 8.3% |
| Saint-André-de-Sangonis 6,427 · 2.4 mi | 41.1 | 19% | 2.2% | 6.1% |
| Gignac 6,651 · 4.5 mi | 42.1 | 19% | 3.1% | 8.4% |
| Paulhan 4,039 · 5.7 mi | 44.9 | 25% | 4% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Pargoire 2,501 · 7 mi | 43.2 | 22% | 6.3% | 2.8% |
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 Brignac
What is the population of Brignac?
978 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 31% more than in 2012 (749).
How old are Brignac’s residents?
The median age is 39.1, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 12% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brignac?
15, with occasional dwellings: 3.7% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brignac?
INSEE counts 52 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.3% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (2.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brignac?
€24,240 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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