Below 99% of compared French towns: 0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM)
Compared with 11% in the typical compared French town, 3.1% of households have no car here. On the census count, 26% of households are headed by a manual worker. At 24%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 95% of compared French towns. Census day 2023: 527 residents and 230 households in Briarres-sur-Essonne.
Throughout this page, the Loiret 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.
Since 2012, Briarres-sur-Essonne has changed by +3%, slower than 56% 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 +7%; the six to 2023, −3%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Loiret town +6%.
Residents aged 15 to 24 make up 8.5% in Briarres-sur-Essonne, less than in 88% 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
■ Briarres-sur-Essonne 48.2. The median compared French town: 44.
Half of Briarres-sur-Essonne’s residents are over 48.2, older than in 75% of compared French towns. Residents aged 65 and over come to 20% locally, about two in ten. The usual figure: 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 105 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Loiret 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Single-parent households make up 11% in Briarres-sur-Essonne, more than in 63% 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 Loiret median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.3 people. The wider picture: one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. Couples with children make up 26%, against 25% in the typical compared French town.
Briarres-sur-Essonne sits below 99% of compared French towns for flats (2.5%)
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
Against a figure of 2.1% in the typical compared French town, the share of second homes in Briarres-sur-Essonne comes in at 9.1%. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty, more than in 76% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, the share of flats is 30%.
€27,800 a year: the median 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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €27,800 a year: higher than in 69% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manager or professional make up 2.2% in Briarres-sur-Essonne, less than in 99% 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
Where nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town, Briarres-sur-Essonne has 20%. On average, 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 Briarres-sur-Essonne, 5.5% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 59% 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.
For Briarres-sur-Essonne, the census puts foreign nationals at 4.9%. In the typical compared French town, the share of immigrants is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A higher share of married residents than 88% of compared French towns, at 49%
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, the share of single residents is 25%; Briarres-sur-Essonne has 21%. Married residents make up 43% in the typical compared French town.
Fewer graduates of higher education than 81% of compared French towns: 21%
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
Across Briarres-sur-Essonne, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification. Against that, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 527 to 2,582 people: this is the 15th 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).
2 in 6 nearby towns have a higher median age than Briarres-sur-Essonne
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briarres-sur-Essonne | 48.2 | 20% | 9.1% | 5.5% |
| Puiseaux 3,299 · 2.5 mi | 43.8 | 23% | 3.2% | 6.8% |
| Le Malesherbois 8,016 · 4.4 mi | 43.1 | 19% | 5.1% | 15% |
| Pithiviers 8,856 · 8.7 mi | 40.7 | 22% | 3.7% | 24% |
| Maisse 2,797 · 11.8 mi | 43.1 | 20% | 3.8% | 6.7% |
| Saint-Pierre-lès-Nemours 5,401 · 12.1 mi | 50.3 | 28% | 2.7% | 9.7% |
| Milly-la-Forêt 4,562 · 12.2 mi | 50 | 30% | 5.3% | 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 Briarres-sur-Essonne
What is the population of Briarres-sur-Essonne?
527 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (510).
How old are Briarres-sur-Essonne’s residents?
The median age is 48.2, older than 75% of compared French towns. 17% are under 18 and 20% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Briarres-sur-Essonne?
26, with occasional dwellings: 9.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Briarres-sur-Essonne?
INSEE counts 29 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 5.5% of residents, and 26 foreign nationals (4.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Briarres-sur-Essonne?
€27,800 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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