2.3% of households are headed by a manager or professional, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
7.4% of residents are 15 to 24; in the typical compared French town the figure is 11%. There were 640 households in Bracieux at the 2023 Census, home to 1,343 residents. On the census count, 6% of homes are second homes. Lower than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 18% of households are couples with children.
Throughout this page, the Loir-et-Cher 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 Bracieux
An older town
Half of Bracieux’s residents are under 52.4 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 34% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 14% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
+7% since 2012, a pace 58% of compared French towns didn’t match
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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved +4%, and from 2017 to 2023 +3%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loir-et-Cher town −3%.
Bracieux is older than 90% of compared French towns: a median age of 52.4
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Bracieux 52.4. The median compared French town: 44.
Set against 22% in the typical compared French town, 34% of residents are 65 or over in Bracieux.
Women and men · all residents
54% women, 46% men
About 85 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
In Bracieux, 42% of households are one person living alone, more than in 75% 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 Loir-et-Cher median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2 people. Against that, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. The census found that nearly one in ten households are single parents in Bracieux.
10% of homes are flats, below 86% 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
14% of households have been in place 30 years or more; 11% moved in within the last two years. On empty homes, Bracieux sits higher than 75% of compared French towns: 9.4%. Set against 12% in the typical compared French town, one in ten households rent social housing (HLM) here.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €26,010 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 €26,010 a year: higher than in 50% of compared French towns.
Bracieux sits above 91% of compared French towns for households headed by a manual worker (23%)
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: 41% here and 32% in the typical compared French town. On average, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 1.5% in Bracieux, less than in 87% 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.
Immigrants make up a share lower than in 78% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Loir-et-Cher has 6%. Elsewhere, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. The share of immigrants stands at 3.4%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Single residents: 20%, a lower share than 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 the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Bracieux, 45%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 80% of compared French towns: 22%
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
Nearly a quarter of adults out of school have no qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 19%. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 1,343 to 2,582 people, 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Bracieux
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Bracieux | 52.4 | 34% | 6% | 3.4% |
| Mont-près-Chambord 3,386 · 4.4 mi | 50.1 | 27% | 4.6% | 3% |
| Cour-Cheverny 2,831 · 4.7 mi | 51.6 | 30% | 7.8% | 2.7% |
| Cellettes 2,715 · 7.6 mi | 48 | 27% | 5.4% | 4% |
| Vineuil 8,064 · 7.9 mi | 47.9 | 27% | 1.1% | 6.1% |
| Saint-Gervais-la-Forêt 3,180 · 8.7 mi | 51.8 | 30% | 1% | 5.2% |
| La Chaussée-Saint-Victor 4,471 · 9.8 mi | 49.9 | 29% | 1.7% | 6.3% |
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 Bracieux
What is the population of Bracieux?
1,343 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (1,259).
How old are Bracieux’s residents?
The median age is 52.4, older than 90% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 34% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Bracieux?
45, with occasional dwellings: 6% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Bracieux?
INSEE counts 46 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.4% of residents, and 20 foreign nationals (1.5%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Bracieux?
€26,010 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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