In Brissac, 38% of homes are second homes, more than in 96% of compared French towns
Households in social housing: 0.3% here and 12% in the typical compared French town. The 2023 Census counted 615 residents in 290 households. 2% of homes stand empty, or about one in 50. Few places have so few residents aged 15 to 24: 7.4% here, fewer than in 95% of compared French towns.
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 Brissac
One home in three is a second home
The census counted 180 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brissac, 38% of its 480 homes: higher than in 96% of compared French towns. 57% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brissac ranks below 87% of compared French towns on households without a car: 5.1%
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
Compared with 30% in the typical compared French town, just over a fifth of homes are flats here. Set beside that, just over one in ten households have no car in the typical compared French town.
−1% since 2012, a pace below 72% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Hérault town +13%.
Brissac is older than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 47.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brissac 47.5. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over make up about one in four here (23%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
6.5% of households are single parents, below 93% of compared French towns
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
25% of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, against 28% in Brissac. Few places have as many one-person households: 36% here, more than in 53% of compared French towns. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. The average household has 2.1 people.
€24,900 a year is the median standard of living here
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 midpoint of living standards here is €24,900 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 61% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 4.8% in Brissac, less than in 87% 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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (11%), Brissac is below 69% of compared French towns. Fewer households headed by a retired person than in 72% of compared French towns: 28%. As a yardstick, 9.4% of 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).
A lower share of immigrants than 71% of compared French towns, at 4.3%
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 Brissac, 2.3% of residents are foreign nationals, beside 4.3% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 71% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Brissac sits below 72% of compared French towns for single residents (23%)
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
Married residents: 42% of the total. Typically, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Brissac ranks below 99% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 7.9%
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
With graduates of higher education at 46%, Brissac is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count. For comparison, 19% of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
15th highest median age among 41 French towns of 615 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Brissac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brissac | 47.5 | 23% | 38% | 4.3% |
| Ganges 3,724 · 3.8 mi | 52.8 | 35% | 3.5% | 9.8% |
| Saint-Martin-de-Londres 2,696 · 6.5 mi | 45 | 21% | 5.4% | 4.2% |
| Le Vigan 3,863 · 8.8 mi | 54.8 | 34% | 11% | 12% |
| Saint-Hippolyte-du-Fort 3,737 · 9.7 mi | 51.1 | 29% | 6.8% | 8.8% |
| Saint-Mathieu-de-Tréviers 4,979 · 11.4 mi | 44.2 | 20% | 3.6% | 7% |
| Saint-Gély-du-Fesc 10,472 · 14.2 mi | 48.4 | 26% | 1.1% | 5.9% |
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 Brissac
What is the population of Brissac?
615 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (619).
How old are Brissac’s residents?
The median age is 47.5, older than 72% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 23% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brissac?
180, with occasional dwellings: 38% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brissac?
INSEE counts 26 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.3% of residents, and 14 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brissac?
€24,900 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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