0.6% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
Single-parent households: 3.8% here and 10% in the typical compared French town. Brix had 2,165 residents in 920 households at the 2023 Census. About one in 38: that is how common households in social housing are in Brix (2.6%). At 8.6%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 87% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Manche 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.
A +3% change since 2012: 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
Medians for comparison: +5% across compared French towns, ±0% in Manche. Here the change came as +2% to 2017, then +2% to 2023.
Older than 67% of compared French towns: half of Brix is over 46.6
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brix 46.6. The median compared French town: 44.
On the census count, just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over.
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 95% of compared French towns: 24%
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 Manche median and the France median
Living alone · share
Set against 25% in the typical compared French town, 32% of households are couples with children in Brix. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.3 people.
Households without a car: 4.1%, a lower share than 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
3.8% of homes are second homes (typical compared French town: 2.1%). Fewer empty homes than in 92% of compared French towns: 3.6%. Against that, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Long tenure is the mark of 29% of households (30 years or more), short tenure of 7.4% (under two years).
Half of residents have a standard of living above €28,240 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 midpoint of living standards here is €28,240 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 73% of compared French towns. Poverty touches 7.0% of residents.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 7.1% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
By its share of households headed by a manual worker (16%), Brix is above 62% of compared French towns. Against that, 9.4% of households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town. Census figures put households headed by a retired person at 33% in the town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants: 0.7%, a lower share than 99% 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.
Here 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 4.3%. The median compared commune in Manche has 2.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns. To put it in context, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Only 16% of residents 15 and over are single in Brix
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
With married residents at 52%, Brix is ahead of 96% of compared French towns on that count. Single residents make up 25% in the typical compared French town.
In Brix, 16% of adults out of school have no qualification, fewer than in 69% 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
30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town, against 27% in Brix. In the typical compared French town, the share of adults with no qualification is 19%.
41 French towns of 2,165 to 2,582 people: this is the 18th 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).
Brix and its 6 nearest towns: 3 of them are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brix | 46.6 | 22% | 3.8% | 0.7% |
| Valognes 6,969 · 5.6 mi | 51 | 29% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Bricquebec-en-Cotentin 5,893 · 6.1 mi | 47 | 25% | 4.6% | 1.3% |
| Cherbourg-en-Cotentin 78,258 · 6.6 mi | 43.6 | 22% | 3.6% | 4.9% |
| Les Pieux 3,249 · 10.8 mi | 44.3 | 20% | 15% | 2.7% |
| La Hague 11,484 · 11.9 mi | 45.5 | 19% | 14% | 1.1% |
| Picauville 3,228 · 14.3 mi | 48.3 | 26% | 7.7% | 2.8% |
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 Brix
What is the population of Brix?
2,165 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% more than in 2012 (2,096).
How old are Brix’s residents?
The median age is 46.6, older than 67% of compared French towns. 21% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brix?
37, with occasional dwellings: 3.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brix?
INSEE counts 14 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brix?
€28,240 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 7.0% 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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