Flats make up 0.7% in Brignac, less than in 99% of compared French towns
In the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 is 11%; Brignac has 4.5%. At the 2023 Census Brignac was home to 200 people in 91 households. Households without a car: 3.3% of the total. Few places have so few households in social housing: 2.2% here, fewer than in 96% of compared French towns.
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 Brignac
One home in six is a second home
The census counted 24 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brignac, 17% of its 140 homes: higher than in 92% of compared French towns. 96% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
Empty homes
The census found 24 homes empty (17%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
In Brignac, 17% of homes stand empty, more than in 98% 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 2.1% in the typical compared French town, 17% of homes are second homes in Brignac. In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty. Newcomers of less than two years account for one in ten households, residents of 30 years or more for 30%.
A +10% change since 2012: Brignac grew faster than 71% 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 years 2012 to 2017 brought +3%; 2017 to 2023, +8%. Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Morbihan town +7%.
Residents aged 65 and over: 26%, a higher share than 70% 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
■ Brignac 45.3. The median compared French town: 44.
With a median age of 45.3, Brignac is older than 59% of compared French towns. Against that, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
47% women, 53% men
About 115 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Morbihan 51.6%, France 51.8%.
Only 5.6% of households are single parents in Brignac
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
Where a quarter of households are couples with children in the typical compared French town, Brignac has 22%. Single-parent households: 10% in the typical compared French town, for comparison. Across Brignac, 33% of households are one person living alone.
Median living standard: €21,970 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 Brignac’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €21,970 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 89% of compared French towns.
More households headed by a retired person than 99% of compared French towns: 61%
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 Brignac, just over a fifth of households are headed by a manual worker, beside 14% in the typical compared French town. As a reference point, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
4% of residents are immigrants, fewer than in 73% 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 Morbihan has 2.3%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 73% of compared French towns. In the typical compared French town, immigrants come to 6.5%. Put another way, about one in 25: 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.
Married residents: 50%, a higher share than 90% 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
22% of residents 15 and over are single (typical compared French town: 25%). In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Graduates of higher education make up 18% in Brignac, less than in 91% 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
Adults with no qualification: 28% here and 19% in the typical compared French town. Graduates of higher education make up 30% in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 21st oldest of 41 French towns this size
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.
Every neighbor is older than Brignac
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brignac | 45.3 | 26% | 17% | 4% |
| Mauron 3,163 · 5.1 mi | 54.7 | 35% | 5.6% | 3% |
| Merdrignac 3,139 · 5.7 mi | 49.6 | 29% | 6.8% | 5.5% |
| Plémet 3,764 · 10.4 mi | 45.8 | 25% | 8.3% | 4.2% |
| Saint-Méen-le-Grand 4,653 · 10.6 mi | 47.3 | 29% | 1.8% | 5.4% |
| Ploërmel 10,163 · 13 mi | 48.1 | 26% | 4.1% | 3.9% |
| Josselin 2,584 · 13 mi | 52.7 | 34% | 8.4% | 11% |
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 Brignac
What is the population of Brignac?
200 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 10% more than in 2012 (181).
How old are Brignac’s residents?
The median age is 45.3, older than 59% of compared French towns. 24% are under 18 and 26% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brignac?
24, with occasional dwellings: 17% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brignac?
INSEE counts 8 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 4% of residents, and 8 foreign nationals (4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brignac?
€21,970 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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