Half of Brieux is under 36.7, younger than 92% of compared French towns
Households in social housing are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Brieux had 88 residents in 37 households at the 2023 census. In Brieux, 14% of households are couples with children. With households headed by a retired person at 43%, Brieux is ahead of 90% of compared French towns on that count.
Throughout this page, the Orne 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 Brieux
One home in eight is a second home
The census counted 6 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brieux, 13% of its 48 homes: higher than in 90% 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 ↓
A young town
Half of Brieux’s residents are under 36.7 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 26% are under 15 and 17% are 65 or older. Ages ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Above 90% of compared French towns: 13% of homes are second homes
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. 10% of homes stand empty. The share of second homes in the typical compared French town is 2.1%. On households without a car, 11% here is much the same as in the typical compared French town.
Brieux changed by +4% from 2012 to 2023, slower than 55% 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
In two steps, +6% to 2017 and −2% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Orne.
17% of residents are 65 or over, below 82% 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
■ Brieux 36.7. The median compared French town: 44.
Nearly one in ten residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. For comparison, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
57% women, 43% men
About 76 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
Brieux sits above 99% of compared French towns for single-parent households (43%)
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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
The average household has 2.4 people. The share of single-parent households in the typical compared French town is 10%. At 29%, the share of one-person households is lower than in 83% of compared French towns.
The largest group of households: retired (43%)
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. 14% of households are headed by a manual worker, or about one in seven.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Only 1.1% of residents are immigrants in Brieux
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.
Where 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town, Brieux has 1.1%. Typically, 6.5% of residents are immigrants in the typical compared French town. That is lower than in 99% of compared French towns; the median compared commune in Orne has 4.6%.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Below 69% of compared French towns: 40% 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
Single residents make up about one in four here (25%). Elsewhere, 43% of residents 15 and over are married in the typical compared French town.
Brieux ranks below 70% of compared French towns on graduates of higher education: 25%
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 make up about one in five here (20%). In the typical compared French town, 30% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification.
The youngest of 41 French towns of 88 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.
At the ends of the range sit Brieux (36.7), the youngest, and Prayssac (62.3), the oldest.
Brieux is younger than every town 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brieux | 36.7 | 17% | 13% | 1.1% |
| Falaise 7,680 · 6.2 mi | 46 | 26% | 2% | 2.6% |
| Argentan 13,527 · 7.3 mi | 46.3 | 27% | 2.3% | 8.2% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 9.8 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Saint-Pierre-en-Auge 7,100 · 12.7 mi | 49.7 | 29% | 7.8% | 2.8% |
| Vimoutiers 2,978 · 14.7 mi | 60.1 | 43% | 6.1% | 5.6% |
| Mézidon Vallée d'Auge 9,766 · 16.7 mi | 40.9 | 20% | 6.8% | 1.8% |
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 Brieux
What is the population of Brieux?
88 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 4% more than in 2012 (85).
How old are Brieux’s residents?
The median age is 36.7, younger than 92% of compared French towns. 31% are under 18 and 17% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brieux?
6, with occasional dwellings: 13% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brieux?
INSEE counts 1 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 1.1% of residents, and 1 foreign nationals (1.1%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
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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