In Brée, 38% of households are couples with children, more than in 97% of compared French towns
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Brée counted 591 residents and 220 households at the 2023 Census. Here, 3% of households have no car. 0.4% of households rent social housing (HLM), against 12% in the typical compared French town.
Throughout this page, the Mayenne 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 Brée
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 9.3% single parents with children; 26% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Brée’s residents are under 37.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 18% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
A growing town: +7% since 2012, faster than 58% 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 −3%; the six to 2023, +10%. For comparison, the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Mayenne town ±0%.
Brée is younger than 89% of compared French towns: a median age of 37.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brée 37.7. The median compared French town: 44.
In Brée, 18% of residents are 65 or over, beside 22% in the typical compared French town. Residents aged 15 to 24 are rarer here than in just over four fifths of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About 106 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
A smaller share of one-person households than 99% of compared French towns: 21%
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 Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Households average 2.8 people. Few places have so few single-parent households: 9.3% here, fewer than in 62% of compared French towns. The benchmark for one-person households in the typical compared French town: 35%.
A higher share of empty homes than 84% of compared French towns, at 11%
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
5.1% of homes are second homes (Mayenne median 2.1%, France median 2.1%) and 11% are empty (6.7%).
Standard of living at the median: €24,870 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.
At €24,870 a year per consumption unit, the median standard of living here is lower than in 62% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a manual worker than 99% of compared French towns: 33%
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
In the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a retired person is 32%; Brée has 29%. By way of comparison, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town. Across Brée, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
2.6% of residents are immigrants, below 86% 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.
The median compared commune in Mayenne has 3.1%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 86% of compared French towns. 1.7% of residents are foreign nationals, or about one in 59. Immigrants: 6.5% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
61% of residents 15 and over are married, more than in 99% 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 share of single residents is 17%, against 25% in the typical compared French town. The usual figure: 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, below 87% 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
With adults with no qualification at 22%, Brée is ahead of 64% of compared French towns on that count. Graduates of higher education: 30% in the typical compared French town, for comparison.
2nd lowest median age among 41 French towns of 591 to 2,582
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
At the ends of the range sit Villejust (37.2), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Brée is younger than every town around it
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Brée
What is the population of Brée?
591 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 7% more than in 2012 (554).
How old are Brée’s residents?
The median age is 37.7, younger than 89% of compared French towns. 29% are under 18 and 18% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brée?
13, with occasional dwellings: 5.1% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brée?
INSEE counts 15 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.6% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brée?
€24,870 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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