Older than 91% of compared French towns: half of Briouze is over 53
By its share of households headed by a manager or professional (2.7%), Briouze is below 98% of compared French towns. Put another way, about one in two: 46% of households are one person living alone. Fewer flats than in just over four fifths of compared French towns: 13%. There were 730 households locally at the 2023 Census, home to 1,512 residents.
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 Briouze
An older town
Half of Briouze’s residents are under 53 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 35% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 15% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 110 homes empty (12%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Briouze changed by −3% from 2012 to 2023, behind 83% 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, −2% to 2017 and −1% after, the town’s change compares with +5% for the median compared French town and −5% in Orne.
Above 94% of compared French towns: 35% of residents are 65 or over
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Briouze 53. The median compared French town: 44.
7.9% of residents are 15 to 24, against 11% in the typical compared French town. Measured more widely, 22% of residents are 65 or over in the typical compared French town.
Women and men · all residents
53% women, 47% men
About 89 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%. Women live longer than men, so towns with many older residents have more women.
More single-parent households than 96% of compared French towns: 15%
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 typical household size is 1.9 people. Briouze has fewer couples with children than 79% of compared French towns, at 19%. The benchmark for single-parent households in the typical compared French town: 10%.
A higher share of empty homes than 89% of compared French towns, at 12%
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
The figure for second homes is 3.4% in Briouze and 2.1% in the typical compared French town. Typically, 6.7% of homes stand empty in the typical compared French town. Here, 14% of households rent social housing (HLM). The town has more households without a car than 54% of compared French towns, at 11%.
Per consumption unit, the median standard of living is €23,780 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 Briouze’s residents live in households with a standard of living below €23,780 a year per consumption unit, and half above: lower than in 74% of compared French towns.
A higher share of households headed by a retired person than 88% of compared French towns, at 42%
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
Against a figure of 14% in the typical compared French town, the share of households headed by a manual worker in Briouze comes in at 22%. To put it in context, nearly a third of households are headed by a retired person in the typical compared French town.
Each household is counted once, by the occupation of its reference person (usually the oldest working adult).
Immigrants make up 3.7% in Briouze, less than in 76% 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.
3.6% of residents are foreign nationals. 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.
Above 79% of compared French towns: 30% of residents 15 and over are single
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
Against a figure of 43% in the typical compared French town, the share of married residents in Briouze comes in at 39%. Set beside that, 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town.
In Briouze, 20% of adults out of school hold a higher-education qualification, fewer than in 85% 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 28%, Briouze is ahead of 87% of compared French towns on that count. For graduates of higher education, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 30%.
7th highest median age among 41 French towns of 1,512 to 2,582
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.
A younger town than 4 of the 6 around it: Briouze
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Briouze | 53 | 35% | 3.4% | 3.7% |
| La Ferté Macé 5,071 · 7.6 mi | 53.8 | 32% | 3.2% | 6.1% |
| Athis-Val de Rouvre 4,201 · 8.4 mi | 49 | 27% | 9.4% | 1.9% |
| Flers 14,432 · 9.4 mi | 47.8 | 28% | 2.4% | 13% |
| Saint-Georges-des-Groseillers 3,173 · 10.1 mi | 55.2 | 34% | 1.8% | 3.9% |
| Bagnoles de l'Orne Normandie 2,699 · 10.3 mi | 61.9 | 45% | 54% | 7.1% |
| Rives d'Andaine 2,844 · 12.5 mi | 54.6 | 31% | 10% | 3.4% |
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 Briouze
What is the population of Briouze?
1,512 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 3% fewer than in 2012 (1,565).
How old are Briouze’s residents?
The median age is 53, older than 91% of compared French towns. 18% are under 18 and 35% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Briouze?
30, with occasional dwellings: 3.4% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Briouze?
INSEE counts 56 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 3.7% of residents, and 54 foreign nationals (3.6%). The medians of compared French towns are 6.5% and 4.3%.
What is the median income in Briouze?
€23,780 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 4, 2026. Under the Licence Ouverte / Open Licence 2.0 (Etalab).
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