A higher share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns, at 38%
The median age in Brézins is 38.8, lower than in 85% of compared French towns. The town is home to 2,312 residents in 880 households, by the 2023 Census. Flats come to 10% here, about one in ten. By its share of households headed by a retired person (26%), Brézins is below just over four fifths of compared French towns.
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 Brézins
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 8.5% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Growing fast
Brézins had 1,849 residents at the 2012 census and 2,312 in 2023, up 25%: faster growth than in 94% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Brézins has grown +25%, faster than 94% 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 median Isère town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +15% and the next six +8%.
Brézins ranks below 94% of compared French towns on residents aged 65 and over: 14%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brézins 38.8. The median compared French town: 44.
Census figures put residents aged 15 to 24 at 11% in Brézins. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Isère 51.3%, France 51.8%.
22% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents; in Brézins, 8.5%. The average household has 2.6 people. The comparison figure for one-person households is 35% in the typical compared French town.
Brézins sits below 98% of compared French towns for households without a car (3.3%)
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
11% of households moved in less than two years ago; 19% have been in their home 30 years or more. Brézins has fewer households in social housing than 69% of compared French towns, at 8.3%. In Brézins, 5% of homes stand empty, beside 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
Half above, half below €26,320 a year in 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 Brézins is €26,320 a year per consumption unit: higher than in 54% of compared French towns. Some 11.0% of residents fall below the poverty line.
Brézins: 24% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 95% 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
Set against 9.4% in the typical compared French town, 7.8% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Brézins. The comparison figure for households headed by a manual worker is 14% 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: 2.4%, a lower share than 73% 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 lower than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns. Census figures put immigrants at 4.8% in Brézins. Foreign nationals: 4.3% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Brézins sits above 97% of compared French towns for married residents (53%)
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, just over a fifth of residents 15 and over are single here. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Fewer adults with no qualification than 65% of compared French towns: 16%
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 share of graduates of higher education trails 63% of compared French towns: 27%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
41 French towns of 2,312 to 2,582 people: this is the 2nd 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Brézins
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brézins | 38.8 | 14% | 2.2% | 4.8% |
| Saint-Étienne-de-Saint-Geoirs 3,425 · 1.9 mi | 43 | 23% | 4.4% | 6.8% |
| Saint-Siméon-de-Bressieux 3,186 · 2.6 mi | 44.2 | 24% | 2.6% | 8.6% |
| La Côte-Saint-André 4,873 · 3.8 mi | 46.7 | 27% | 3.4% | 12% |
| Le Grand-Lemps 3,083 · 6.4 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 2.6% | 8.3% |
| Renage 3,348 · 8.9 mi | 44 | 21% | 1.5% | 11% |
| Rives 6,549 · 9.4 mi | 42.9 | 22% | 1.7% | 9.6% |
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 Brézins
What is the population of Brézins?
2,312 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 25% more than in 2012 (1,849).
How old are Brézins’ residents?
The median age is 38.8, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brézins?
21, with occasional dwellings: 2.2% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brézins?
INSEE counts 110 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4.8% of residents, and 55 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brézins?
€26,320 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 11.0% 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 9, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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