Above 95% of compared French towns: 36% of households are couples with children
1.2% of homes are flats, against 30% in the typical compared French town. Briou counted 143 residents and 59 households at the 2023 Census. Households headed by a retired person: 27% of the total. On residents aged 15 to 24, Briou sits higher than 61% of compared French towns: 11%.
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 Briou
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 9 second homes and occasional dwellings in Briou, 12% of its 80 homes: higher than in 89% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
A town of families
36% of households are couples with children and 0% single parents with children; 22% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Briou’s residents are under 37.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are under 15 and 14% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Briou: 14% of homes stand empty, above 94% 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
Compared with 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 12% of homes are second homes here. In the last two years, 6.8% of households moved in; at the other end, 20% have stayed 30 years or more. Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town.
Faster growth than 58% of compared French towns: Briou changed by +7% 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
In two steps, +10% to 2017 and −3% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −3% in Loir-et-Cher.
Half of Briou is under 37.2, younger than 91% 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
■ Briou 37.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Here 14% of residents are 65 or over, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 22%.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 110 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loir-et-Cher 52.4%, France 51.8%.
One-person households make up 27% in Briou, less than in 88% 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
Households here average 2.4 people each. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%. Single-parent households are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
A typical living standard of €25,220 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.
Half of residents live in households above €25,220 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 58% of compared French towns.
Briou ranks above 99% of compared French towns on households headed by a manual worker: 36%
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
The census found that 9.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional in Briou. As a reference point, 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).
Fewer immigrants than 99% of compared French towns: 0.7%
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.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
46% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 69% 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
The figure for single residents is 24% in Briou and 25% in the typical compared French town. Set beside that, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
15% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 75% 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 share of graduates of higher education stands at 30%. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
41 French towns of 143 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
No nearby town is as young as Briou
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briou | 37.2 | 14% | 12% | 0.7% |
| Beaugency 8,024 · 7.3 mi | 43.9 | 24% | 5.1% | 11% |
| Mer 6,250 · 7.7 mi | 44.4 | 25% | 4.9% | 10% |
| Beauce la Romaine 3,341 · 8.1 mi | 43.9 | 23% | 7.3% | 2.8% |
| Saint-Laurent-Nouan 4,236 · 9.1 mi | 44.2 | 21% | 5.8% | 2.5% |
| Lailly-en-Val 3,101 · 10.2 mi | 41.9 | 20% | 4.4% | 3.6% |
| Meung-sur-Loire 6,670 · 10.3 mi | 43.4 | 23% | 4.9% | 7.4% |
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 Briou
What is the population of Briou?
143 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (134).
How old are Briou’s residents?
The median age is 37.2, younger than 91% of compared French towns. 27% are under 18 and 14% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Briou?
9, with occasional dwellings: 12% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Briou?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 0 foreign nationals (0%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Briou?
€25,220 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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