Older than 99% of compared French towns: half of Saint-Brisson is over 61.2
The share of households headed by a retired person is 58%, against 32% in the typical compared French town. Saint-Brisson had 252 residents in 140 households at the 2023 Census. In Saint-Brisson, 0.7% of households rent social housing (HLM). 15% of households are couples with children, a lower share than in 90% of compared French towns.
Throughout this page, the Nièvre 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 Saint-Brisson
One home in two is a second home
The census counted 130 second homes and occasional dwellings in Saint-Brisson, 46% of its 280 homes: higher than in 97% of compared French towns. 100% of them are houses. Their owners live elsewhere, so they aren’t in the population figures on this page. Homes & cars ↓
An older town
Half of Saint-Brisson’s residents are under 61.2 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 37% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 12% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Saint-Brisson had 278 residents at the 2012 census and 252 in 2023, down 9%: slower growth than in 96% of compared French towns. Population ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Saint-Brisson sits above 97% of compared French towns for second homes (46%)
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 30% in the typical compared French town, 0.7% of homes are flats in Saint-Brisson. The usual figure: 2.1% of homes are second homes in the typical compared French town. Nearly one in ten households have no car. At 6.4%, the share of empty homes is lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
A change of −9% since 2012 leaves Saint-Brisson behind 96% 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
Over the whole period the median compared French town changed +5%, and the median Nièvre town −8%.
Saint-Brisson: 37% of residents are 65 or over, above 96% 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-Brisson 61.2. The median compared French town: 44.
In Saint-Brisson, just over one in ten residents are 15 to 24. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Nièvre 53.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
Saint-Brisson ranks below 99% of compared French towns on single-parent households: 3.8%
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 Nièvre median and the France median
Living alone · share
There are 1.9 people in the average household. Set beside that, one in ten households are single parents in the typical compared French town. More one-person households than in 87% of compared French towns: 46%.
Half above, half below €23,200 a year in standard of living
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 residents live in households above €23,200 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is lower than in 80% of compared French towns.
3.9% of households are headed by a manager or professional, below 94% 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 manual worker: 15%, above 59% of compared French towns. The share of households headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town is 9.4%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Below 77% of compared French towns: 3.6% of residents 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.
In the typical compared French town, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals; in Saint-Brisson, 2%. Across the comparison, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
A smaller share of single residents than 74% of compared French towns: 23%
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-Brisson has 42%. Typically, a quarter of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
A larger share of adults with no qualification than 96% of compared French towns: 33%
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
19% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification; in the typical compared French town the figure is 30%.
Among 41 French towns of 252 to 2,582 people, the 2nd oldest
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.
Saint-Brisson and the towns 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-Brisson | 61.2 | 37% | 46% | 3.6% |
| Avallon 6,305 · 17.7 mi | 50.5 | 30% | 5.6% | 12% |
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-Brisson
What is the population of Saint-Brisson?
252 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 9% fewer than in 2012 (278).
How old are Saint-Brisson’s residents?
The median age is 61.2, older than 99% of compared French towns. 9.4% are under 18 and 37% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Saint-Brisson?
130, with occasional dwellings: 46% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Saint-Brisson?
INSEE counts 9 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.6% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (2%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Saint-Brisson?
€23,200 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 8, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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