Couples with children make up 37% in Briot, more than in 96% of compared French towns
With flats at 0.7%, Briot is behind 99% of compared French towns on that count. Households without a car account for 4.6%. At 24%, the share of households headed by a manual worker is higher than in 94% of compared French towns. The 2023 Census put the town’s population at 302, in 120 households.
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 Briot
A town of families
37% of households are couples with children and 4% single parents with children; 18% of residents are under 15. Households ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Briot grew +5% from 2012 to 2023, faster than 50% 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
From 2012 to 2017 the population moved −2%, and from 2017 to 2023 +7%; the median compared French town changed +5% and the median Oise town +2%.
Briot ranks below 77% of compared French towns on residents aged 15 to 24: 9.3%
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Briot 42.7. The median compared French town: 44.
The median age in Briot is 42.7, lower than in 61% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 11% of residents are 15 to 24 in the typical compared French town. For Briot, the census puts residents aged 65 and over at 22%.
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split. Median share of women: Oise 51.7%, France 51.8%.
One-person households: 23%, a lower share than 97% 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 Oise median and the France median
Living alone · share
Compared with 10% in the typical compared French town, 4% of households are single parents here. Households average 2.5 people. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%.
Briot ranks below 98% of compared French towns on households in social housing: 1.6%
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
Here 6.4% of homes are second homes, where the figure in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. In Briot, nearly one in ten homes stand empty. For comparison, 12% of households rent social housing (HLM) in the typical compared French town.
Median living standard: €25,450 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.
The median standard of living in Briot is €25,450 a year per consumption unit: lower than in 55% of compared French towns.
Above 82% of compared French towns: 39% of households are headed by a retired person
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 manager or professional are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. The benchmark for households headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town: 32%.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Briot sits below 89% of compared French towns for immigrants (2.3%)
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 Oise has 7.4%; immigrants here make up a share lower than in 89% of compared French towns. Measured more widely, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. The census found that 1.6% of residents are foreign nationals in Briot.
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, fewer than in 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
50% of residents 15 and over are married; in the typical compared French town the figure is 43%. The benchmark for single residents in the typical compared French town: 25%.
A lower share of graduates of higher education than 92% of compared French towns, at 18%
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
The figure for adults with no qualification is 22% in Briot and 19% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification in the typical compared French town.
Of 41 French towns its size (302 to 2,582 people), the 10th 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.
Ages run from 37.2 in Villejust to 62.3 in Prayssac.
Briot and its 6 nearest towns: 5 of them 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briot | 42.7 | 22% | 6.4% | 2.3% |
| Grandvilliers 2,786 · 1.7 mi | 51.1 | 31% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Crèvecœur-le-Grand 3,462 · 7.5 mi | 43.7 | 24% | 1.2% | 1.9% |
| Gournay-en-Bray 5,723 · 14.5 mi | 51.9 | 31% | 1.4% | 4.4% |
| Beauvais 55,550 · 16.4 mi | 38.4 | 18% | 1.6% | 15% |
| Breteuil 4,222 · 16.6 mi | 42.7 | 23% | 1.3% | 2.8% |
| Forges-les-Eaux 3,642 · 17 mi | 55.9 | 36% | 2.7% | 2.1% |
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 Briot
What is the population of Briot?
302 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 5% more than in 2012 (288).
How old are Briot’s residents?
The median age is 42.7, younger than 61% of compared French towns. 22% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Briot?
9, with occasional dwellings: 6.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Briot?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 2.3% of residents, and 5 foreign nationals (1.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Briot?
€25,450 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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