In Brullemail, 11% of households are couples with children, fewer than in 99% of compared French towns
In Brullemail, 2.2% of households have no car. Census day 2023: 90 residents and 45 households locally. Compared with other places, households headed by a retired person are common here: 44%, more than in 92% of compared French towns. With residents aged 15 to 24 at 6.5%, Brullemail is behind 98% 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 Brullemail
One home in four is a second home
The census counted 20 second homes and occasional dwellings in Brullemail, 26% of its 76 homes: higher than in 94% 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 ↓
Fewer residents than in 2012
Brullemail had 107 residents at the 2012 census and 90 in 2023, down 16%: slower growth than in 99% of compared French towns. Population ↓
An older town
Half of Brullemail’s residents are under 54.5 and half over; the median of compared French towns is 44. 22% are 65 or older (France median 22%), 4.3% 80 or older. Ages ↓
Empty homes
The census found 11 homes empty (14%): for sale, to let, awaiting work or simply unused. Homes & cars ↓
Written from INSEE’s census 2023 on this page, against compared French towns.
Second homes: 26%, a higher share than 94% 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
Recent arrivals (under two years) make up 6.5% of households; long-stayers (30 years or more) 17%. In the typical compared French town, the share of second homes is 2.1%. Flats are rarer here than in 99% of compared French towns. Meanwhile, 14% of homes stand empty, against 6.7% in the typical compared French town.
From 2012 to 2023, 99% of compared French towns grew faster than Brullemail: −16%
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 change was −11%; from 2017 to 2023, −5%.
Brullemail is older than 93% of compared French towns: a median age of 54.5
Shares of residents by age at the 2023 census.
Age groups · share of residents
Median age of the 3,798 compared French towns
■ Brullemail 54.5. The median compared French town: 44.
About one in five: that is how common residents aged 65 and over are in Brullemail (22%).
Women and men · all residents
46% women, 54% men
About 119 men for every 100 women. Median share of women: Orne 52.7%, France 51.8%.
33% of households are one person living alone, below 59% 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 Orne median and the France median
Living alone · share
Average household size: 2 people. For one-person households, the comparison in the typical compared French town is 35%. Higher than in nearly two thirds of compared French towns: 11% of households are single parents.
11% of households are headed by a manual worker, below 70% of compared French towns
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. Set beside that, 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).
6.5% of residents are foreign nationals, a share 67% of compared French towns don’t reach
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 Orne has 4.6%; immigrants here make up a share higher than in 58% of compared French towns. On average, 4.3% of residents are foreign nationals in the typical compared French town. Census figures put immigrants at 7.6% in Brullemail.
INSEE publishes no country of birth or ethnicity by commune in these tables, and the census doesn’t ask about religion.
Married residents: 51%, a higher share than 95% 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
Where 25% of residents 15 and over are single in the typical compared French town, Brullemail has 20%. In the typical compared French town, married residents come to 43%.
Brullemail sits below 78% of compared French towns for adults with no qualification (14%)
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 graduates of higher education at 37%, Brullemail is ahead of 73% of compared French towns on that count. On average, nearly a fifth of adults out of school have no qualification in the typical compared French town.
Ranked by age, 7th oldest of 41 French towns this size
The 40 compared French towns nearest in population, by median age. Hover for each one’s second homes and immigrants; click for its page.
The youngest is Villejust (37.2), the oldest Prayssac (62.3).
Every neighbor is younger than Brullemail
The nearest towns of 2,500 or more, colored by median age. Source: INSEE, census 2023.
| Town | Median age | 65+ | Second homes | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brullemail | 54.5 | 22% | 26% | 7.6% |
| Sées 4,168 · 7.9 mi | 51.8 | 33% | 2.9% | 1.9% |
| Gouffern en Auge 3,636 · 13.1 mi | 49.5 | 27% | 11% | 3.1% |
| Mortagne-au-Perche 3,898 · 14 mi | 50 | 32% | 5.9% | 5.1% |
| Tourouvre au Perche 2,955 · 15.1 mi | 52.2 | 31% | 21% | 2.6% |
| L'Aigle 7,663 · 15.4 mi | 47.4 | 28% | 2.7% | 11% |
| La Ferté-en-Ouche 2,938 · 15.6 mi | 49.4 | 27% | 17% | 3% |
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 Brullemail
What is the population of Brullemail?
90 at INSEE’s 2023 census, 16% fewer than in 2012 (107).
How old are Brullemail’s residents?
The median age is 54.5, older than 93% of compared French towns. 14% are under 18 and 22% 65 or older.
How many second homes are there in Brullemail?
20, with occasional dwellings: 26% of all homes, against 2.1% for the median compared French town.
How many immigrants live in Brullemail?
INSEE counts 7 immigrants (born abroad, not French at birth), 7.6% of residents, and 6 foreign nationals (6.5%). 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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