Photo: Indication : Phototypie A. Bardou - Sommières · Public domainIn Saint-Brès, 22% of households are headed by a retired person, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns
Half of Saint-Brès’s residents are under 39.4, younger than in just over four fifths of compared French towns. At the 2023 Census Saint-Brès was home to 3,623 people in 1,680 households. The share of households without a car stands at 6%. Against a figure of 25% in the typical compared French town, the share of couples with children in Saint-Brès comes in at 28%.
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 Saint-Brès
Growing fast
Saint-Brès had 2,674 residents at the 2012 census and 3,623 in 2023, up 35%: faster growth than in 98% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A +35% change since 2012: Saint-Brès grew faster than 98% 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%. The years 2012 to 2017 brought +10%; 2017 to 2023, +23%.
Fewer residents aged 65 and over than 85% of compared French towns: 16%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Saint-Brès 39.4. The median compared French town: 44.
One in ten residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. By way of comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About 96 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Hérault 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Below 74% of compared French towns: 8.5% of households are single parents
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
The typical household size is 2.2 people. Put another way, about one in three: 35% of households are one person living alone. As a reference point, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town.
Second homes: 1%, a lower share than 80% 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
33% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Meanwhile, at 5.6%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 66% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Put another way, about one in eight: just over one in ten households rent social housing (HLM).
The middle resident’s standard of living: €27,490 a year
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,490 a year: higher than in 66% of compared French towns. Below the poverty threshold: 12.0% of the population.
Saint-Brès: 17% of households are headed by a manager or professional, above 83% 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 (12%), Saint-Brès is below 62% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 2.3% in Saint-Brès, less than in 74% 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.
The median compared commune in Hérault has 6.8%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 63% of compared French towns. The share of foreign nationals in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. On the census count, 5% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Brès sits below 70% of compared French towns for married residents (40%)
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
Just over a quarter of residents 15 and over are single, more than in 57% of compared French towns. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
In Saint-Brès, 14% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 80% 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
The figure for graduates of higher education is 40% in Saint-Brès and 30% in the typical compared French town. Adults with no qualification: 19% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
41 French towns of 3,598 to 3,651 people: this is the 3rd youngest
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 37.6 in Lizy-sur-Ourcq to 61.5 in Plestin-les-Grèves.
Every neighbor is older than Saint-Brès
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Brès | 39.4 | 16% | 1% | 5% |
| Baillargues 7,829 · 1.1 mi | 40.5 | 19% | 2.8% | 7.5% |
| Mudaison 3,009 · 1.6 mi | 41.6 | 18% | 2.9% | 5.6% |
| Lansargues 3,233 · 2.3 mi | 43.8 | 20% | 3.6% | 6.5% |
| Castries 6,883 · 2.5 mi | 43.4 | 21% | 3.6% | 5.7% |
| Lunel-Viel 4,507 · 3 mi | 42.1 | 20% | 1.3% | 6.7% |
| Vendargues 7,262 · 3.1 mi | 42.5 | 20% | 0.9% | 7.5% |
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 Saint-Brès
What is the population of Saint-Brès?
3,623 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 35% more than in 2012 (2,674).
How old are Saint-Brès’ residents?
The median age is 39.4, younger than 82% of compared French towns. 20% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Brès?
18, with occasional dwellings: 1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Brès?
INSEE counts 180 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5% of residents, and 84 foreign nationals (2.3%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Brès?
€27,490 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 12.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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