49% of households are couples with children, more than in 99% of compared French towns
The share of households headed by a manual worker tops 97% of compared French towns: 26%. Compared with other places, households in social housing are scarce here: 4%, fewer than in 91% of compared French towns. Brétigny had 435 residents in 150 households at the 2023 census. Nearly one in ten homes stand empty.
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 Brétigny
A town of families
49% of households are couples with children and 3.2% single parents with children; 27% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
A young town
Half of Brétigny’s residents are under 35.9 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 27% are under 15 and 15% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Since 2012, Brétigny has grown +8%, faster than 62% 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 change was +1% from 2012 to 2017 and +6% from 2017 to 2023. The median compared French town changed +5% over the same years, the median Oise town +2%.
A median age of 35.9: Brétigny is younger than 94% 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
■ Brétigny 35.9. The median compared French town: 44.
Against a figure of 11% in the typical compared French town, the share of residents aged 15 to 24 in Brétigny comes in at 10%. Residents aged 65 and over are rarer here than in 90% of compared French towns.
Women and men · all residents
52% women, 48% men
About 91 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
Below 99% of compared French towns: 19% of households are one person living alone
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
Each household has 2.8 people on average. 3.2% of households are single parents, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns. Elsewhere, 35% of households are one person living alone in the typical compared French town.
A lower share of households without a car than 98% of compared French towns, at 3.2%
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
Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The usual figure: 11% of households have no car in the typical compared French town. Nearly a quarter of households have been in place 30 years or more; 7.2% moved in within the last two years. Second homes are about as common here as in the typical compared French town: 1.8%.
At the median, €23,070 a year to live on
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.
Per consumption unit, half of residents live on more than €23,070 a year: lower than in 81% of compared French towns.
Below 72% of compared French towns: 6.5% of households are headed by a manager or professional
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
Locally, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person. Elsewhere, nearly one in ten households are headed by a manager or professional in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
A lower share of immigrants than 97% of compared French towns, at 1.4%
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, the share of foreign nationals is 4.3%; Brétigny has 1.7%. Measured more widely, 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.
Above 95% of compared French towns: 52% of residents 15 and over are married
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 single residents is 25%; Brétigny has 20%. For married residents, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 43%.
Graduates of higher education: 20%, a lower share than 86% 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
With adults with no qualification at 23%, Brétigny is ahead of 68% of compared French towns on that count. In the typical compared French town, graduates of higher education come to 30%.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 435 to 2,582 people
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 35.9 in Brétigny to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Every neighbor is older than Brétigny
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
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 Brétigny
What is the population of Brétigny?
435 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 8% more than in 2012 (404).
How old are Brétigny’s residents?
The median age is 35.9, younger than 94% of compared French towns. 32% are under 18 and 15% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brétigny?
3, with occasional dwellings: 1.8% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brétigny?
INSEE counts 6 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.4% of residents, and 7 foreign nationals (1.7%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Brétigny?
€23,070 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 October 30, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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