In Saint-Brice, 1.7% of households have no car, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Saint-Brice, 1.6% of homes are flats, beside 30% in the typical compared French town. This Manche town is home to 140 residents in 58 households, by the 2023 Census. Here, 17% of households are one person living alone. With a median age of 39, Saint-Brice is younger than 84% 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.
Since 2012, Saint-Brice has changed by −1%, slower than 76% 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
In two steps, −8% to 2017 and +7% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Manche.
In Saint-Brice, 7.9% of residents are 15 to 24, fewer than in 93% 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
■ Saint-Brice 39. The median compared French town: 44.
Where just over a fifth of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town, Saint-Brice has 16%. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Manche 52.0%, France 51.8%.
More single-parent households than 99% of compared French towns: 25%
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
Households here average 2.4 people each. Fewer couples with children than in 86% of compared French towns: 17%. In the typical compared French town, 10% of households are single parents.
Fewer empty homes than 99% of compared French towns: 1.6%
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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 16% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 16%. To put it in context, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Second homes are more common here than in just over three quarters of compared French towns.
Standard of living at the median: €26,590 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 €26,590 a year per consumption unit, higher than in 57% of compared French towns.
Saint-Brice: 33% of households are headed by a manual worker, above 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
For Saint-Brice, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 8.3%. On households headed by a retired person, Saint-Brice sits higher than 55% of compared French towns: 33%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
0% of residents in Saint-Brice are immigrants
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 are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Brice ranks below 95% of compared French towns on single residents: 19%
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 married residents is 43%; Saint-Brice has 45%. The usual figure: a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
Graduates of higher education make up 24% in Saint-Brice, less than in 71% 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
18% of adults out of school have no qualification, or about one in six. In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
41 French towns of 140 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.
Saint-Brice is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Saint-Brice | 39 | 16% | 4.8% | 0% |
| Avranches 10,143 · 2.6 mi | 49.6 | 30% | 4.3% | 6.3% |
| Ducey-Les Chéris 2,784 · 5.7 mi | 51.6 | 31% | 4.8% | 2% |
| Sartilly-Baie-Bocage 2,778 · 7.6 mi | 49 | 29% | 8.9% | 1% |
| Isigny-le-Buat 3,183 · 8.1 mi | 44.7 | 21% | 11% | 3.6% |
| Villedieu-les-Poêles-Rouffigny 3,903 · 10 mi | 51.9 | 33% | 8.2% | 5.4% |
| Saint-Hilaire-du-Harcouët 5,770 · 12.5 mi | 56.7 | 37% | 6.1% | 2.7% |
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 Saint-Brice
What is the population of Saint-Brice?
140 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 1% fewer than in 2012 (142).
How old are Saint-Brice’s residents?
The median age is 39, younger than 84% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 16% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Brice?
3, with occasional dwellings: 4.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Brice?
INSEE counts 0 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0% 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 Saint-Brice?
€26,590 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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