A larger share of couples with children than 97% of compared French towns: 38%
Here 3.5% of households have no car, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 11%. 3.4% of homes stand empty, or about one in 29. At 8.5%, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is lower than in 88% of compared French towns. In 2023, the Census found 1,494 residents in Brandérion, living in 600 households.
Throughout this page, the Morbihan 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 Brandérion
A town of families
38% of households are couples with children and 7.6% single parents with children; 24% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Brandérion’s residents are under 38.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 24% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brandérion’s population changed by +8% since 2012, more than in 65% 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 median Morbihan town changed +7% and the median compared French town +5%; here the first five years brought +4% and the next six +5%.
Younger than 85% of compared French towns: half of Brandérion is under 38.7
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brandérion 38.7. The median compared French town: 44.
17% of residents are 65 or over, against 22% in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
50% women, 50% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
In Brandérion, 25% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 94% 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 Morbihan median and the France median
Living alone · share
The typical household size is 2.5 people. Single-parent households: 7.6% of the total. Across the comparison, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
Flats: 6.2%, 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up one in ten households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 21%. 7% of households rent social housing (HLM), fewer than in 76% of compared French towns. The figure for second homes is 0.8% in Brandérion and 2.1% in the typical compared French town.
A median of €25,960 a year per consumption unit
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 €25,960 a year per consumption unit, lower than in 50% of compared French towns.
Households headed by a manual worker make up 17% in Brandérion, more than in 68% 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
Households headed by a retired person: 35%, above 64% of compared French towns. Nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional. On average, 14% of households are headed by a manual worker in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 0.7% of residents are immigrants in Brandérion
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 make up a share lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Morbihan has 2.3%. By way of comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. On the census count, 0.4% of residents are foreign nationals.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
18% of residents 15 and over are single, below 98% 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
In the typical compared French town, 43% of residents 15 and over are married; in Brandérion, 46%. For single residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Below 93% of compared French towns: 11% of adults out of school have no 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
At 31%, the share of graduates of higher education is higher than in 53% of compared French towns. Set beside that, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Among 41 French towns of 1,494 to 2,582 people, 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.
Villejust is the youngest (37.2); Prayssac the oldest (62.3).
No nearby town is as young as Brandérion
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brandérion | 38.7 | 17% | 0.8% | 0.7% |
| Kervignac 7,204 · 3 mi | 42.6 | 18% | 2.4% | 1.6% |
| Languidic 8,042 · 3.4 mi | 43.6 | 20% | 3.3% | 1.6% |
| Hennebont 15,910 · 3.6 mi | 47.9 | 25% | 1.9% | 3.7% |
| Landévant 4,056 · 4 mi | 41.5 | 19% | 3.3% | 1.6% |
| Inzinzac-Lochrist 6,691 · 4.4 mi | 45.4 | 22% | 2.4% | 2.1% |
| Merlevenez 3,174 · 4.5 mi | 45.8 | 21% | 3.7% | 1.3% |
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 Brandérion
What is the population of Brandérion?
1,494 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (1,377).
How old are Brandérion’s residents?
The median age is 38.7, younger than 85% of compared French towns. 28% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brandérion?
5, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brandérion?
INSEE counts 11 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 0.7% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (0.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brandérion?
€25,960 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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