Fewer households without a car than 99% of compared French towns: 2.6%
One-person households make up 26%, against 35% in the typical compared French town. 663 residents in 290 households: that is Bresson at the 2023 Census. The census found that 1.6% of households are headed by a manual worker here. Lower than in two thirds of compared French towns: 20% of homes are flats.
Throughout this page, the Isère 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 Bresson
Many graduates
60% of residents 15 and over who have left education hold a diploma above the bac, 30% a master’s or more (bac+5). Qualifications ↓
An older town
Half of Bresson’s residents are under 52.3 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 31% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 7% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Bresson has changed by −3%, slower than 82% 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
The first five years brought ±0%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Isère town +7%.
Half of Bresson is over 52.3, older than 90% 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
■ Bresson 52.3. The median compared French town: 44.
Compared with 22% in the typical compared French town, 31% of residents are 65 or over here. Residents aged 15 to 24: 9.5% of the total.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 93 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
10% of households are single parents, more than in 54% 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 Isère median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.3 people. About one in four: that is how common couples with children are in Bresson (25%).
4.8% of homes stand empty, below 77% 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
Newcomers of less than two years account for one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 38%. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. For comparison, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes make up 2.6%, close to the figure in the typical compared French town.
Median standard of living: €38,640 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.
The median standard of living in Bresson is €38,640 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 98% of compared French towns.
A larger share of households headed by a manager or professional than 98% of compared French towns: 31%
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
Households headed by a retired person make up 38%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 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).
In Bresson, 1.8% of residents are foreign nationals, fewer than in 82% 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 Isère has 8%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 51% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 6.6% in Bresson.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Bresson: 54% of residents 15 and over are married, above 98% 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
Compared with 25% in the typical compared French town, 19% of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
More graduates of higher education than 98% of compared French towns: 60%
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 adults with no qualification at 9.3%, Bresson is behind 97% of compared French towns on that count. By way of comparison, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 663 to 2,582 people: this is the 8th 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.
No nearby town is as old as Bresson
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bresson | 52.3 | 31% | 2.6% | 6.6% |
| Eybens 10,493 · 1 mi | 42.7 | 20% | 1.4% | 13% |
| Échirolles 37,491 · 1.7 mi | 38.8 | 19% | 1.2% | 24% |
| Jarrie 3,952 · 2.2 mi | 45.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 4% |
| Le Pont-de-Claix 10,956 · 2.2 mi | 38.7 | 18% | 0.8% | 21% |
| Saint-Martin-d'Hères 37,695 · 2.7 mi | 29.9 | 13% | 1.3% | 22% |
| Grenoble 156,140 · 3.1 mi | 32.5 | 15% | 4.2% | 20% |
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 Bresson
What is the population of Bresson?
663 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (686).
How old are Bresson’s residents?
The median age is 52.3, older than 90% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 31% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bresson?
8, with occasional dwellings: 2.6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bresson?
INSEE counts 44 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 12 foreign nationals (1.8%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bresson?
€38,640 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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