1.1% of homes are flats, below 99% of compared French towns
In Saint-Brice, 2.9% of households have no car, beside 11% in the typical compared French town. Here, 4.2% of households are headed by a manager or professional. Few places have so few single-parent households: 6.7% here, fewer than in 92% of compared French towns. This Mayenne town had 517 residents in 220 households at the 2023 Census.
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.
A −4% change since 2012: slower than 84% 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, −2% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and ±0% in Mayenne.
Residents aged 65 and over make up 19% in Saint-Brice, less than in 72% 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 45.1. The median compared French town: 44.
The share of residents aged 15 to 24 tops 72% of compared French towns: 12%. On top of that, half of Saint-Brice’s residents are over 45.1, older than in 57% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
48% women, 52% men
About 107 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Mayenne 52.1%, France 51.8%.
25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 95% 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 Mayenne median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 2.4 people in the average household. Measured more widely, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Higher than in 73% of compared French towns: 29% of households are couples with children.
4% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 91% 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
Set against 6.7% in the typical compared French town, 10% of homes stand empty in Saint-Brice. The usual figure: 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town. Locally, 7.5% of homes are second homes.
Standard of living at the median: €24,760 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 Saint-Brice’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €24,760 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 63% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 63% of compared French towns, at 16%
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
Households headed by a retired person: 32% of the total. For households headed by a manual worker, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 14%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
In Saint-Brice, 3.7% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 76% 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.
Compared with 4.3% in the typical compared French town, 1.9% of residents are foreign nationals here. The share of immigrants in the typical compared French town is 6.5%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Saint-Brice sits above 89% of compared French towns for married residents (50%)
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 trails just over three fifths of compared French towns: 24%. As a reference point, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Below 67% of compared French towns: 25% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification
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 adults with no qualification tops 68% of compared French towns: 23%. To put it in context, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
41 French towns of 517 to 2,582 people: this is the 20th 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.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Older than Saint-Brice: 3 of the 6 towns nearby
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 | 45.1 | 19% | 7.5% | 3.7% |
| Sablé-sur-Sarthe 12,326 · 5.1 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 2.7% | 14% |
| Meslay-du-Maine 2,779 · 8.3 mi | 51.2 | 33% | 2.6% | 2.3% |
| Précigné 2,877 · 8.4 mi | 48.7 | 23% | 3.7% | 1.5% |
| Morannes sur Sarthe-Daumeray 3,687 · 10.1 mi | 44.2 | 23% | 8.6% | 2% |
| Les Hauts-d'Anjou 8,751 · 12.6 mi | 42.5 | 21% | 3.8% | 2.2% |
| Château-Gontier-sur-Mayenne 16,584 · 12.8 mi | 50 | 30% | 2.1% | 3.1% |
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?
517 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% fewer than in 2012 (537).
How old are Saint-Brice’s residents?
The median age is 45.1, older than 57% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 19% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Brice?
20, with occasional dwellings: 7.5% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Brice?
INSEE counts 19 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 10 foreign nationals (1.9%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Brice?
€24,760 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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