More couples with children than 99% of compared French towns: 40%
In the typical compared French town, 6.7% of homes stand empty; in Brenouille, 2.7%. Lower than in 86% of compared French towns: 24% of households are headed by a retired person. At the 2023 Census, 2,105 people lived locally, in 850 households. 15% of residents are 65 or over.
Throughout this page, the Oise 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 Brenouille
A town of families
40% of households are couples with children and 6.2% single parents with children; 19% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Brenouille changed by ±0% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 70% 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 compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Oise town +2%. The change was −4% from 2012 to 2017 and +4% from 2017 to 2023.
Brenouille is younger than 72% of compared French towns: a median age of 41.2
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brenouille 41.2. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in ten: that is how common residents aged 15 to 24 are in Brenouille (10%).
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Fewer one-person households than 95% of compared French towns: 24%
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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
By its share of single-parent households (6.2%), Brenouille is below 95% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, just over a third of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town. Average household size: 2.5 people.
5.4% of households have no car, fewer than in 85% 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
Households that moved in under two years ago: 5.6%. Those in their home 30 years or more: 24%. To put it in context, 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Fewer second homes than in 86% of compared French towns: 0.8%. Flats: 15%, below 78% of compared French towns.
A median standard of living of €27,190 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 residents live in households above €27,190 a year per consumption unit and half below; the level is higher than in 63% of compared French towns. The share living below the poverty line is 8.0%.
A higher share of households headed by a manual worker than 77% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
For Brenouille, the census puts households headed by a manager or professional at 10%. As a reference point, 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).
Foreign nationals make up 2.4% in Brenouille, less 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.
Immigrants make up a share higher than in half of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Oise has 7.4%. For comparison, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. In Brenouille, 6.6% of residents are immigrants.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Brenouille ranks below 79% of compared French towns on single residents: 22%
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%; Brenouille has 46%. The share of single residents in the typical compared French town is 25%.
Brenouille ranks below 66% of compared French towns on adults with no qualification: 16%
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
Graduates of higher education make up about one in three here (30%). The benchmark for adults with no qualification in the typical compared French town: 19%.
Among 41 French towns of 2,105 to 2,582 people, the 5th 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).
Median age: 1 of the 6 towns around Brenouille are older
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brenouille | 41.2 | 15% | 0.8% | 6.6% |
| Verneuil-en-Halatte 4,775 · 1.9 mi | 44.4 | 19% | 0.6% | 5.8% |
| Villers-Saint-Paul 6,480 · 2.4 mi | 36.9 | 15% | 0.9% | 18% |
| Pont-Sainte-Maxence 12,361 · 3.1 mi | 38.8 | 17% | 1.1% | 12% |
| Liancourt 6,785 · 3.6 mi | 38.4 | 17% | 0.9% | 12% |
| Nogent-sur-Oise 21,907 · 3.7 mi | 34.8 | 14% | 0.7% | 27% |
| Laigneville 4,926 · 4.1 mi | 37.3 | 16% | 0.6% | 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 Brenouille
What is the population of Brenouille?
2,105 at INSEE’s 2023 census, about the same as in 2012 (2,104).
How old are Brenouille’s residents?
The median age is 41.2, younger than 72% of compared French towns. 23% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brenouille?
7, with occasional dwellings: 0.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brenouille?
INSEE counts 140 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 6.6% of residents, and 51 foreign nationals (2.4%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brenouille?
€27,190 a year per consumption unit in 2023 (median of compared French towns €25,970); 8.0% of residents live below the poverty line. 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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