Fewer flats than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
Where 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town, Briantes has 7.6%. The town had 589 residents in 290 households at the 2023 census. Here, 3.8% of households have no car. On households headed by a retired person, Briantes sits higher than 96% of compared French towns: 48%.
Throughout this page, the Indre 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 Briantes
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 60 second homes and occasional dwellings in Briantes, 16% of its 390 homes: higher than in 91% of compared French towns. 98% 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.
16% of homes in Briantes are second homes
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
One in ten homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town. In the typical compared French town, 2.1% of homes are second homes. Here, 4.5% of households rent social housing (HLM).
Slower growth than 82% of compared French towns: Briantes changed by −3% 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
The median Indre town changed −5% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought ±0% and the next six −3%.
Briantes is older than 85% of compared French towns: a median age of 50.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Briantes 50.6. The median compared French town: 44.
Residents aged 65 and over: 25%, above nearly two thirds of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Indre 53.6%, France 51.8%.
Only 21% of households are couples with children in Briantes
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 Indre median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.1 people. Couples with children: 25% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Few places have so few one-person households: 33% here, fewer than in 63% of compared French towns. At 10%, the share of single-parent households is in line with the figure in the typical compared French town.
Standard of living at the median: €24,640 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.
At €24,640 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 65% of compared French towns.
A lower share of households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns, at 3.4%
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
In Briantes, 8.6% of households are headed by a manager or professional. To put it in context, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Briantes sits below 77% of compared French towns for immigrants (3.6%)
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.
By its share of foreign nationals (2.7%), Briantes is below 69% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 6.5% of residents are immigrants 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.
Briantes: 51% of residents 15 and over are married, above 93% 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
In Briantes, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single, beside 25% in the typical compared French town. The benchmark for married residents in the typical compared French town: 43%.
26% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 66% 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
Census figures put adults with no qualification at 18% in Briantes. For comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 589 to 2,582 people: this is the 12th oldest
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Nearby, 1 of 2 towns have older populations than Briantes
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Briantes
What is the population of Briantes?
589 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (608).
How old are Briantes’ residents?
The median age is 50.6, older than 85% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 25% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Briantes?
60, with occasional dwellings: 16% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Briantes?
INSEE counts 21 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 16 foreign nationals (2.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Briantes?
€24,640 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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